Uncover a unique collection of mysterious science fiction that goes beyond the mean streets and hard-boiled hideouts of traditional tales of dead-eye dicks that are out of this world!

From the files of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine --stories from Greg Egan, Lisa Goldstein, Isaac Asimov, John Varley, Kate Wilhelm, and Nancy Kress.

Contents
1 • The Barbie Murders • [Anna-Louise Bach] • (1978) • novelette by John Varley
39 • Cocoon • (1994) • novelette by Greg Egan
79 • The Gorgon Field • [Constance and Charlie] • (1985) • novella by Kate Wilhelm
139 • Rites of Spring • (1994) • shortstory by Lisa Goldstein
163 • The Backward Look • [Black Widowers] • (1979) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov
185 • Fault Lines • (1995) • novella by Nancy Kress