Uncover a unique collection of mysterious science fiction that goes beyond the mean streets and hard-boiled hideouts of traditional tales of dead-eye dicks that are out of this world! From the files of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine—stories from Greg Egan, Lisa Goldstein, Isaac Asimov, John Varley, Kate Wilhelm, and Nancy Kress. Contents 1 • The Barbie Murders • [Anna-Louise Bach] • (1978) • novelette by John Varley 39 • Cocoon • (1994) • novelette by Greg Egan 79 • The Gorgon Field • [Constance and Charlie] • (1985) • novella by Kate Wilhelm 139 • Rites of Spring • (1994) • shortstory by Lisa Goldstein 163 • The Backward Look • [Black Widowers] • (1979) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov 185 • Fault Lines • (1995) • novella by Nancy Kress