Contents 1 • Nearly Departed • [Deadpan Allie] • (1983) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan 19 • A Hand in the Mirror • (1993) • novelette by Sonia Orin Lyris 49 • Computer Friendly • (1989) • shortstory by Eileen Gunn 67 • Chip Runner • (1989) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg 83 • A Coney Island of the Mind • (1993) • shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh 91 • Dreamwood • (1986) • novelette by Cherry Wilder 125 • Realm of the Senses • (1990) • shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis 129 • Night Win • (1983) • novelette by Nancy Kress 153 • "Forever," Said the Duck • (1993) • shortstory by Jonathan Lethem 165 • Synthesis • (1992) • novella by Mary Rosenblum