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• 4 • The Wishing Game • [Magic Goes Away] • short story by Larry Niven
• 5 •  The Wishing Game • interior artwork by Cortney Skinner
• 8 • A Peaceful Heart • short story by Warren Rochelle [as by Warren G. Rochelle]
• 8 •  A Peaceful Heart • interior artwork by Byron Taylor
• 13 •  A Peaceful Heart • interior artwork by Byron Taylor
• 16 • Soviet Humor? Our Next Issue (Aboriginal, May-June 1989) • essay by uncredited
• 17 • Science and the Fantastic, Part II: The Image of the Magician • essay by David Brin
• 20 • Old Masters • [Books (Aboriginal Science Fiction)] • essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• 20 •   Review: The Knight and Knave of Swords by Fritz Leiber • review by Darrell Schweitzer
• 21 •   Review: Homegoing by Frederik Pohl • review by Darrell Schweitzer
• 22 •   Review: Children of the Thunder by John Brunner • review by Darrell Schweitzer
• 22 •   Review: New Destinies, Volume VI/Winter 1988 by Jim Baen • review by Darrell Schweitzer
• 22 •   Review: Bare-Faced Messiah by Russell Miller • review by Darrell Schweitzer
• 23 •   Review: Other Americas by Norman Spinrad • review by Darrell Schweitzer
• 24 • A Symbiotic Kind of Guy • short story by Robert A. Metzger
• 25 •  A Symbiotic Kind of Guy • interior artwork by Larry Blamire
• 29 •  A Symbiotic Kind of Guy [2] • interior artwork by Larry Blamire
• 31 • To Serve Man? • [A Message from Our Alien Publisher] • essay by Floyd Kemske [as by A Crazy Alien]
• 32 • Eating Memories • short story by Patricia Anthony
• 33 •  Eating Memories • interior artwork by Cortney Skinner
• 37 •  Eating Memories [2] • interior artwork by Cortney Skinner
• 38 • Jim-Bob and the Alien • short story by T. Serio and Vivian Vande Velde
• 40 •  Jim-Bob and the Alien • interior artwork by Carol Heyer
• 42 •  Cartoon: "It don't float, it don't shoot, it don't run, and it costs too much ... it's just what we need." • interior artwork by Jerry Workman
• 43 • Brilliant Fantasy, Flawed SF • [From the Bookshelf (Aboriginal Science Fiction)] • essay by Janice M. Eisen
• 43 •   Review: The Last Coin by James P. Blaylock • review by Janice M. Eisen
• 43 •   Review: Angry Candy by Harlan Ellison • review by Janice M. Eisen
• 44 •   Review: Pennterra by Judith Moffett • review by Janice M. Eisen
• 45 •   Review: Maiden Flight by Eric Vinicoff • review by Janice M. Eisen
• 45 •   Review: Who's Afraid of Beowulf? by Tom Holt • review by Janice M. Eisen
• 46 •   Review: Shadows of the White Sun by Raymond Harris • review by Janice M. Eisen
• 46 •   Review: The Dragonhiker's Guide to Battlefield Covenant at Dune's Edge: Odyssey Two by David Langford • review by Janice M. Eisen
• 47 •   Review: The Shattered Goddess by Darrell Schweitzer • review by Janice M. Eisen
• 47 •   Review: Free Zone by Charles Platt • review by Janice M. Eisen
• 47 •   Review: Cobalt-60 by Mark Bodé and
  Vaughn Bodé^?Vaughn Bode
  and Larry Todd • review by Janice M. Eisen
• 49 • Hard SF? • [Aborigines] • essay by Laurel Lucas
• 52 • Boomerangs: Comments from Our Readers (Aboriginal, May-June 1989) • essay by various
• 52 •  Letter (Aboriginal, May-June 1989) • essay by Robert L. Fleck [as by Robert Fleck]
• 52 • Response to Robert Fleck (Aboriginal, May-June 1989) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 52 •  Letter (Aboriginal, May-June 1989) • essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• 56 • Editor's Notes? • essay by Charles C. Ryan
• 57 •  The Wishing Game [2] • interior artwork by Cortney Skinner
• 58 • Response to Darrell Schweitzer (Aboriginal, May-June 1989) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 58 •  Letter (Aboriginal, May-June 1989) • essay by Mark Garland [as by Mark Andrew Garland]
• 60 • Aftermath • [Through the Lens] • essay by Susan Ellison