Contents: Novelettes: "Instinctive Response" by Bond Elam "The Radioactive Etiquette Book" by Marissa Lingen "The Firewall and the Door" by Sean McMullen Short Stories: "It's the End of the World As We Know It, and We Feel Fine" by Harry Turtledove "The Paragon of Animals" by Andrew Barton "High Concept" by Barry Malzberg and Bill Pronzini "The Snack" by Bud Sparhawk Science Fact: Spoof Worlds By Kevin Walsh Probability Zero: Pre-Pirates by Don D'Ammassa