Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2013, Volume CXXXIII No. 9 Trevor Quachri, editor Cover art by Bob Eagleton Novellas "Murder on the Aldrin Express" by Martin L. Shoemaker Novelettes "The Whale God" by Alec Nevala-Lee "The Oracle" by Lavie Tidhar Short Stories "Full Fathom Five" by Joe Pitkin "Life of the Author Plus Seventy" by Kenneth Schneyer "Creature from a Blue Lagoon" by Liz J. Andersen Science Fact "The Evaporation of Worlds" by Kevin Walsh Special Feature "From Idea to Story (Or Why Hi Concept It is Only the Beginning)" by Richard A. Lovett Probability Zero "Wreck Support" by Arian Andrews, Sr Departments Editorial: "The Blame Game: Part II" by Trevor Quachri