FICTION “Driftings” by Ian McDonald “Variations on Bluebeard and Dalton's Law Along the Event Horizon” by Helena Bell “Effigy Nights” by Yoon Ha Lee NON-FICTION “The Wine-Dark Sea: Color and Perception in the Ancient World” by Erin Hoffman “Riding a Whale through an Ocean of Lard: A Conversation with Jesse Bullington” by Jeremy L. C. Jones “Another Word: Spoiler Alert!” by E. C. Ambrose “2012 Reader's Poll” by Neil Clarke