September 2007 • 58th Year of Publication
NOVELETS
Wrong Number	–	Alexander Jablokov
Episode Seven: Last Stand Against the Pack in the Kingdom of the Purple Flowers	–	John Langan
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate	–	Ted Chiang
SHORT STORIES
Envoy Extraordinary	–	Albert E. Cowdrey
Atalanta Loses at the Interpantheonic Trivia Bee	–	Heather Lindsley
Requirements for the Mythology Merit Badge	–	Kevin N. Haw
If We Can Save Just One Child...	–	Robert Reed
DEPARTMENTS
Books to Look For	–	Charles de Lint
Books	–	James Sallis
Film: Once Were Movies	–	Lucius Shepard
Science: Visit the Metaverse and Change Your Mind	–	Pat Murphy and Paul Doherty
Coming Attractions	–
Curiosities	–	Douglas A. Anderson
CARTOONS
Arthur Masear, M. Nadler, Tom Cheney
COVER
Bryn Barnard for "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"