Contents 1 • Air Raid • (1977) • shortstory by John Varley 17 • The Small Stones of Tu Fu • (1978) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss 29 • Time and Hagakure • (1977) • shortstory by Steven Utley 39 • The Comedian • (1982) • shortstory by Tim Sullivan 61 • Twilight Time • (1984) • novelette by Lewis Shiner 85 • Sailing to Byzantium • (1985) • novella by Robert Silverberg 155 • Ghost Lecturer • (1984) • shortstory by Ian Watson 175 • Hauntings • (1985) • shortstory by Kim Antieau 189 • Klein's Machine • (1985) • shortstory by Andrew Weiner 207 • The Pure Product • (1986) • novelette by John Kessel 231 • Aymara • (1986) • novelette by Lucius Shepard