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• 4 • Imagination • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 9 •  Letters (Asimov's, December 1990) • [Letters: Isaac Asimov] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 18 • Cibola • short story by Connie Willis
• 18 •  Cibola • interior artwork by Laura Lakey
• 40 • Space Aliens Saved My Marriage • short story by Sharon N. Farber
• 40 •  Space Aliens Saved My Marriage • interior artwork by Laura Lakey
• 50 • Frames of Light • short story by Lawrence Person
• 50 •  Frames of Light • interior artwork by Rick Lieder
• 52 • Astrology Column • poem by Joe Haldeman
• 54 • Targets • novelette by Mark W. Tiedemann
• 54 •  Targets • interior artwork by Ron Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Ron Lakey Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn]
• 76 • A Woman's Ritual • short story by Cherry Wilder
• 76 •  A Woman's Ritual • interior artwork by Broeck Steadman
• 86 • Evenings, Mornings, Afternoons • short story by Bridget McKenna
• 86 •  Evenings, Mornings, Afternoons • interior artwork by Pat Morrissey
• 96 • Bedside Conversations • short story by Brian Stableford
• 96 •  Bedside Conversations • interior artwork by Laura Lakey
• 107 • For the Killed Astronauts • poem by Tony Daniel
• 108 • The Gadarene Dig • short story by Phillip C. Jennings
• 108 •  The Gadarene Dig • interior artwork by Arthur George
• 122 • A Dragon's Yuletide Shopping List • poem by Robert Frazier and James Patrick Kelly
• 122 •  A Dragon's Yuletide Shopping List • interior artwork by Anthony Bari [as by A. Bari]
• 124 • Floodtide • short story by Mary Rosenblum
• 124 •  Floodtide • interior artwork by Pat Morrissey
• 138 • Metafossil • poem by William John Watkins
• 139 • Wild for You • short story by Lewis Shiner
• 139 •  Wild for You • interior artwork by Roger Raupp
• 141 • Maybe Together • poem by Don Webb
• 142 • The Ragged Rock • [Holy Ground Trilogy] • novella by Judith Moffett
• 142 •  The Ragged Rock • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
• 173 •  The Ragged Rock [2] • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
• 182 • Next Issue (Asimov's, December 1990) • essay by uncredited
• 184 • On Books (Asimov's, December 1990) • [On Books] • essay by Baird Searles
• 184 •   Review: Voyage to the Red Planet by Terry Bisson • review by Baird Searles
• 185 •   Review: Celluloid Gangs by Tom Tolnay • review by Baird Searles
• 186 •   Review: Illegal Alien by James Luceno • review by Baird Searles
• 187 •   Review: Spell Bound by Ru Emerson • review by Baird Searles
• 188 •   Review: The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones • review by Baird Searles
• 189 •   Review: The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle • review by Baird Searles
• 192 • SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, December 1990) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss