CONTENTS Novella "The Last Castle of Christmas" by Alexander Jablokov Novelettes "Inn" by Connie Willis "Fox Magic" by Kij Johnson "Bordertown" by Mary Rosenblum Short Stories "'Forever,' Said the Duck" by Jonathan Lethem "Some Old Lover's Ghost" by Ian McDowell "Being Human" by Mark Bourne "The Shorn Lamb" by John Alfred Taylor Poetry "These Angels in Our Midst" by William John Watkins "if you loved me" by Mary A. Turzillo Departments "Guest Editorial: Ten Years After" by Pat Cadigan "SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss Asimov's Science Fiction, December 1993, Vol. 17, No. 14 (Whole No. 209) Gardner R. Dozois, editor Cover art by Wojtek Siudmak