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• 6 •  Letter from the Editor: Bah! Humbug! The Holiday Blues • [Editorial (F&SF)] • essay by
  Sheree Renée Thomas^?Sheree Renee Thomas
• 8 • Sacrificial Drones • novelette by John Shirley
• 32 • Though the Heavens Fall • short story by Louis Evans
• 48 • The Shotgun Lucifer • short story by Bennett North
• 62 • Child of Two Worlds • short story by Vida Cruz [as by Vida Cruz-Borja]
• 82 • cauldron • poem by Crystal Sidell
• 84 • Queen of Cups • poem by Crystal Sidell
• 86 •   Review: The Night Shift by Natalka Burian • review by Charles de Lint
• 87 • Books to Look For (F&SF, November/December 2022) • [Books to Look for] • essay by Charles de Lint
• 88 •   Review: The Law by Jim Butcher • review by Charles de Lint
• 89 • Review of the graphic novel Eve, by Victor LaValle & Jo Mi-Gyeong • essay by Charles de Lint
• 91 • Review of the non-fiction book Outlander and the Real Jacobites, by Shona Kinsella • essay by Charles de Lint
• 92 •   Review: The Middling Affliction by Alex Shvartsman • review by Charles de Lint
• 93 •   Review: Reunion by Christopher Farnsworth • review by Charles de Lint
• 95 • Musings on Books (F&SF, November/December 2022) • [Musing on Books] • essay by Michelle West
• 96 •   Review: The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings • review by Michelle West
• 98 •   Review: Never the Wind by Francesco Dimitri • review by Michelle West
• 100 •   Review: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers • review by Michelle West
• 102 • Books (F&SF, November/December 2022) • [Books (F&SF)] • essay by James Sallis
• 102 •   Review: Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985 by Iain McIntyre and Andrew Nette • review by James Sallis
• 105 •   Review: Reverse Colonization: Science Fiction, Imperial Fantasy, and Alt-victimhood by David M. Higgins • review by James Sallis
• 106 •   Review: "More About Writing" and Other Essays by Samuel R. Delany • review by James Sallis
• 108 • Optimist Cleaver's Last Transmission • novelette by J. C. Hsyu
• 137 •  Cartoon: "You might want to check the expiration date on that milk, Sleeping Beauty." • interior artwork by Arthur Masear
• 138 • Crypt Currency • novelette by Sara Ellis
• 165 • Iconophobe • short story by Sam J. Miller
• 182 • Coming Attractions (F&SF, November/December 2022) • essay by
  Sheree Renée Thomas^?Sheree Renee Thomas
• 183 • To Carve Home in Your Bones • novelette by Aigner Loren Wilson
• 212 • Skin of the Beast • short story by Alexander Flores
• 217 • Familiar • poem by Shelly Jones
• 218 • Final Gathering • poem by Jay Sutner
• 219 •  Cartoon: Children of the Popcorn • interior artwork by Arthur Masear
• 220 • From Below • poem by Jay Sutner
• 221 • Santa Knows • short story by Jo Miles
• 231 • By the Numbers 6 • [By the Numbers] • essay by Arley Sorg
• 239 • Science: Color It Blue • [Science (F&SF)] • essay by Jerry Oltion
• 245 • Water Music • short story by Michael A. Gonzales
• 254 • Index to Volumes 142 & 143, January-December 2022 • essay by uncredited
• 258 • Curiosities: "Space Oddity," by David Bowie (1969) • [Curiosities (essays)] • essay by Chet Weise