UFO's have long been a topic of fascination and speculation, generating best-selling books, blockbuster movies, popular TV shows, and questionable tabloid articles. Now tapping into the public's insatiable interest in the subject, these all-new stories by some of today's top writers explore close encounters of a thrilling kind. The truth is out there…and revealed in the pages of The UFO Files. • In the tradition of the hit television series "The X-Files" • Includes stories by such top writers as Gregory Benford, Ed Gorman, Peter Crowther, Alan Dean Foster, Kristine Rusch, and David Bischoff • Alien contact has long been among the most popular themes in science fiction • Public interest in alien contact has never been greater • Co-editor Martin H. Greenberg is the leading anthologist in the genre, and is credited with over 600 top-selling collections • Co-editor Ed Gorman has written several national bestsellers in a variety of genres, from mainstream thrillers to riveting horror novels Ordinary aliens by Gregory Benford Observer by Robert Charles Wilson Diplomatic exchange by Will Murray Secret service by Edward Lee Survivals by Nina Kiriki Hoffman Emma Baxter's boy by Ed Gorman Chasing the mist by Tracy Knight Amid the walking wounded by Dallas Mayn Outside looking in by John Helfers End of winter by Russell Davis (as by R. Davis) Heirloom by Jim Combs Bug-eyed methodists by Bob Morrish Some burial place, vast and dry by Peter Crowther Daddy dearest by Jack Cady Renewing the option by Elizabeth Engstrom One that got away by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Man with X-ray eyes by Richard T. Chizmar Closed: Due to curiosity by Robert Randisi and Marthayn Pelegrimas Here's looking at UFO, kid by Lawrence Schimel and Mark A. Garland Love lies bleedin by Billie Sue Mosiman Scientific romance by Kevin J. Anderson S-files by David Bischoff Kindness of strangers by Alan Dean Foster