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Tales of the Unanticipated [#2, Spring 1987] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society, $2.50, 48pp, quarto, cover by Ken Fletcher)

2 · The Little Magazine That Could · Eric M. Heideman · ed
3 · The Beach Poet · Terry A. Garey · ed
4 · Contributors · Anon. · bg (r)
5 · Readers’ Forum · [The Readers] · lc
6 · Writing with Percission: Cooking Salmon in the Dishwasher: Nontraditional Computer Use for Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers, Part 1 · Dan Goodman · ar
8 · Glam’s Story · Eleanor Arnason · ss
14 · Mirror Trick · Janet Fox · ss
18 · Free Day · Peg Kerr · ss
22 · She Told Me, Honor · Brian Cronwall · pm
23 · An Interview with Kate Wilhelm and Damon Knight · Eric M. Heideman & Terry A. Garey · iv
29 · A Selected Damon Knight Bibliography · [Misc.] · bi
29 · A Selected Kate Wilhelm Bibliography · [Misc.] · bi
30 · Challengers · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm
32 · Imperfect Catch · Nathan A. Bucklin · ss Minnesota Technolog Feb 1974
38 · There Was an Old Lady... · Eleanor Arnason · pm
39 · The Handbug · H. W. Baichtal · ss
42 · Something in the Wind · Dave Smeds · ss

Tales of the Unanticipated [#3, Winter/Spring 1988] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society, $2.50, 56pp, quarto, cover by Erin McKee)

2 · And Three’s the Charm · Eric M. Heideman · ed
3 · Can You Say Death Poem? · Terry A. Garey · ed
4 · Contributors · Anon. · bg
6 · I Didn’t Expect a Kind of Readers’ Forum! · [The Readers] · lc
7 · Writing with Percission: Bacon Rind Brake Linings: Nontraditional Computer use for SF and Fantasy Writers, Part 2 · Dan Goodman · ar
9 · SF Writing Groups: The Minnesota Scene · Eric M. Heideman · ar
14 · The Lifter · Nathan A. Bucklin · ss
18 · The Human Blues · Bruce Boston · pm
19 · Utter Oog, The Caveman · Bruce Bethke · vi
22 · Krickett, Anyone? · David J. Kurtz · vi
23 · The Travails of Isaac A. · Scott E. Green · vi
24 · An Interview with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · Terry A. Garey & Eric M. Heideman · iv
32 · Solipsism in Seven Easy Steps · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm
32 · When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Solipsist · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm
32 · The Solipsist Lands in a Flying Saucer, with a Surprising Message for Himself and His Troops (Ready to Shoot) · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm
33 · Any Orange · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm
34 · Among the Featherless Bipeds · Eleanor Arnason · ss
38 · Veronica’s Find · Phillip C. Jennings · ss
41 · Combers · Camilla Decarnin · pm
42 · Getting Miss Grisley · Janet Fox · ss
45 · Deeper Into the Voyage · Mark Rich · pm
46 · Alice Faye · Colleen Drippé · ss
50 · Mail-Order Eyes · Laurel Winter · vi
52 · Roadkill · Kij Johnson · vi
54 · Treefall · Peg Kerr · vi
55 · Frosty Leo Nebula Blues · Ann K. Schwader · pm
bc. · Time Gum · Thomas G. Digby · pm

Tales of the Unanticipated [#4, Fall/Winter 1988] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society, $2.50, 56pp, quarto, cover by Erin McKee)

2 · Mud on Their Boots · Eric M. Heideman · ed
3 · Flopsy Bunny Rabbits · Terry A. Garey · ed
4 · Contributors · Anon. · bg
6 · I Didn’t Expect a Kind of Readers’ Forum! · [The Readers] · lc
7 · SF Writing Groups: Ohio, Oregon, Utah · Kenneth Schulze, Lori Ann White & M. Shayne Bell · ar
9 · Mucusoids · Mary A. Turzillo · pm
10 · The Grassroots Creation · Sally Morem · ar
16 · Cog · Elissa Malcohn · ss
21 · Poem Written After I Read an Article Which Argued That Birds Are Descended from Dinosaurs · Eleanor Arnason · pm
22 · A Visit from Limbo · Phillip C. Jennings · vi
26 · An Interview with Larry Niven · Eric M. Heideman & Andrew Loges · iv
33 · The Immortal’s Profession · Robert Frazier · pm
34 · The Oldest Religion · Dan Goodman · vi
36 · The Notorious Sitting Judge of Bullfrog County · Howard V. Hendrix · ss
39 · Toddaid · Camilla Decarnin · pm
40 · Worms! · Bruce Bethke · vi
41 · [cartoon] · Albert J. Manachino & Kevin D. Duncan · ct
42 · Colin Folkwise Tells His Story · Brian Cronwall · pm
44 · Heirloom · Janet Fox · ss
48 · The Dream of Gold · Charles Nodier; translated by Ruth Berman · ss
52 · Mars Poem · Eleanor Arnason · pm
52 · Clean House Poem · Eleanor Arnason · pm
53 · Like the Gallant Pigeon Hawk · Terry A. Garey · vi
55 · Why We Are So Happy at Fusion Park · Bruce Boston · pm

Tales of the Unanticipated [#5, Spring/Summer 1989] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society, $2.50, 56pp, quarto, cover by Russ Miller)

2 · The Tree · Eric M. Heideman · ed
2 · I Didn’t Expect a Kind of Readers’ Forum! · [The Readers] · lc
5 · Out of the Woods: Clifford D. Simak and His Work · David W. Wixon · ar [Clifford D. Simak]
10 · Courtesy [Commander Ira Warren; Bat Ears Brady] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Astounding Aug 1951
18 · Saint Attalus and the Dragon · Phillip C. Jennings · ss
25 · The Last Cyberpunk Story · Bruce Bethke · ss
28 · A Cyberpunk Glossary · Bruce Bethke · ar
29 · Moonswinging · Ann K. Schwader · pm
30 · Supper for Beginners · Camilla Decarnin · pm
31 · Cinderella · Margaret Kathryn Erickson · pm
32 · An Interview with John Sladek · Eric M. Heideman · iv
41 · The Sorrel Nag Remembers · Ruth Berman · pm
43 · Norgaer’s Disciple · H. W. Baichtal · ss
45 · Evolution · Donna Dolezal Zelzer · pm
46 · Talisman · Jane M. H. Bigelow · ss
50 · Knowing Petria · Robert Frazier · ss
54 · Watching · Peg Kerr · vi
56 · The Couch Potato Muses · Laurel Winter · pm
bc. · Limited Aggression · Laurel Winter · vi

Tales of the Unanticipated [#6, Fall/Winter 1989] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society, $2.50, 56pp, quarto)

2 · We Hold These Truths · Eric M. Heideman · ed
2 · Complaints and Buttonholes · Terry A. Garey · ed
3 · Mathoms · Eric M. Heideman · ed
3 · I Didn’t Expect a Kind of Readers’ Forum! · [The Readers] · lc
7 · The Moscow Moffia · Jon Gustafson · ar
9 · Fritz Leiber · Eric M. Heideman · ar
12 · Into the Lovely Dark: Fritz Leiber and His Work · Rodger Gerberding · ar
17 · Lie Still, Snow White · Fritz Leiber · ss Taboo, ed. Anon., New Classics House 1964
22 · An Interview with Fritz Leiber · Eric M. Heideman, Rodger Gerberding & Terry A. Garey · iv
31 · The Dancing Princes · Ruth Berman · ss
34 · Closed Encounters · Ann K. Schwader · pm
35 · Piñons · Uncle River · ss
40 · Those Things in the Garage, or A Zombi’s Apology · Martha A. Hood · ss
43 · Dying in Other Worlds: Deep Space · Roger Dutcher · pm
44 · Buck Turner and the Spud from Space · Bruce Bethke · ss
48 · The Pangolin · Margo Skinner & Jane Snow · pm
49 · Dragon Poem · Eleanor Arnason · pm
49 · Babes in Starland · Joy E. Oestreicher · pm
50 · One of a Kind · Mary Sass · ss
54 · Seeing Ghosts · Dave Smeds · vi
55 · She Brought Me Outside · David Lenander · pm
56 · Uncle Virgil’s Art · Carl Buchanan · pm

Tales of the Unanticipated [#7, Spring/Summer/Fall 1990] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society: Minneapolis, MN, $3.00, 56pp+, quarto, cover by David Egge)

2 · A Letter to Our Readers · Eric M. Heideman · ed
3 · EARN $$$! Start a Small Press Literary Magazine! · Terry A. Garey · ed
6 · I Didn’t Expect a Kind of Readers’ Forum! · [The Readers] · lc
8 · Books: Sinus Affliction Corner · John Sladek · br
10 · A Time for Change · Greg L. Johnson · ar
12 · Tranquility Beach · Ann K. Schwader · pm
14 · Expendables · Bruce Bethke · ss
20 · Amnita and the Giant Stinginess · Eleanor Arnason · pm
23 · The Saturday Morning Horrors · Janet Fox · ss
28 · The Allah Stairs · Jamil Nasir · ss
31 · The Reality of Dreams · Sylvia Alkoff · pm
31 · Dreaming the Reality · Elissa Malcohn · pm
32 · Inside a Bear · Martha A. Hood · vi
34 · The Parade That Was Held in the Dark · Camilla Decarnin · pm
35 · Once a Wife · Dave Smeds · vi
37 · Time Upon a Once · Laurel Winter · pm
38 · With Grace · Gene O’Neill · ss
44 · Scarlet · Kristine Larson · vi
47 · The Mask · Sherrie Brown · vi
48 · Baropump Blues · Phillip C. Jennings · vi
51 · Warm Turkey · Terry A. Garey · ss

Tales of the Unanticipated [#8, Spring/Summer/Fall 1991] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society: Minneapolis, MN, $3.00, 56pp+, quarto, cover by James Jamison)

2 · Editorial Whim · Terry A. Garey · ed
2 · Progress Report · Eric M. Heideman · ed
3 · I Didn’t Expect a Kind of Readers’ Forum! · [The Readers] · lc
5 · Contributors · Anon. · bg
7 · Books: Sans Friction Corner · John Sladek · br
9 · The Little Mermaid · Carl Buchanan · pm
10 · SF Writing Groups: By Mail · Deirdre M. Rittenhouse · ar
12 · The Willow · Chuck Rothman · ss
19 · The Cave of the Dead · Elliot Richman · pm
20 · My Roommate Chuck · Dana Cunningham · ss
27 · Fun Flesh · Martha A. Hood · ss
31 · Alien Roads · Susan Noe Rothman · pm
32 · An Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson · Eric M. Heideman & Peg Kerr · iv
39 · Limits · Mark Rich · pm
40 · I (Love) My (Dog) · Kij Johnson · vi; the actual title has pictures of a heart and a dog, like a bumper sticker.
42 · Wax and Sterling · Wendy Rathbone · pm
44 · The Boris Killoff · John Hegenberger · ss
46 · Another Place · Marge B. Simon · pm
47 · SecondHand · Robert J. Howe · ss
50 · Mr. and Mrs. David Smith · Jamil Nasir · ss
53 · Analog Anniversary · Peg Kerr · vi
55 · Biodegradable · Laurel Winter · vi

Tales of the Unanticipated [#9, Fall/Winter 1991/1992] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society: Minneapolis, MN, $3.00, 56pp+, quarto)

fc. · [photo] · Carrie Wolff · cv
2 · Time Flies · Eric M. Heideman · ed
2 · It Beats Shoveling Snow · Terry A. Garey · ed
3 · I Didn’t Expect a Kind of Readers’ Forum! · [The Readers] · lc
4 · Contributors · Anon. · bg
6 · Books: Faience Section Corner · John Sladek · br
7 · On the Inevitability of Starships · John M. Ford · pm
8 · Soulscam · Mark W. Tiedemann · ss
16 · Blue Suede Soul · K. D. Wentworth · ss
20 · Impossible to Explain · Susan Noe Rothman · pm
21 · Twenty Orbits with Aurora/New Year’s Eve · Robert Frazier · pm
24 · Dancing on the Edge · Robert Frazier · ss
28 · An Interview with Jonathan Carroll · D. H. Olson · iv
35 · Star Sister and the One Who Stayed on Earth · Laurel Winter · pm
36 · Dr. Goodman’s Creature · R. Crossley · ss
39 · Catalogue of Nightmares · Martha A. Hood · ss
43 · Brass Tongues · David Hunter Sutherland · pm
44 · In the Attic · Eric M. Heideman · ss
48 · Problem Solving · Lance Robinson · ss
52 · The Gift of Laughter · André Guirard · ss

Tales of the Unanticipated [#10, Spring/Summer/Fall 1992] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society: Minneapolis, MN, $3.00, 56pp+, quarto, cover by Jeffrey Osier)

2 · Editorial · Eric M. Heideman · ed
2 · Editorial · Terry A. Garey · ed
3 · I Didn’t Expect a Kind of Readers’ Forum! · [The Readers] · lc
7 · Books: Science Fiction Coroner · John Sladek · br
9 · Space, Rattle, and Roll · Greg L. Johnson · br
12 · Waif · Mark W. Tiedemann · ss
18 · Triceratops Dreams · Ann K. Schwader · pm
20 · A Brief History of the Order of St. Cyprian the Athlete · Eleanor Arnason · vi
22 · The Sea Claims Fenway · Scott E. Green · pm
23 · Beholding Aphrodite · Howard V. Hendrix · ss
28 · Mirror Images · Patricia Russo · ss
33 · Joe Brundlee · Mark Rich · pm
34 · The Real Moon · Ruth Berman · pp
35 · The Imperialist’s Clothes · Martha A. Hood · ss
41 · A Psalm for Unsuccessful Siblings · Sandra J. Lindow · pm
42 · A Disturbance in the Universe · David Starkey · vi
45 · Poem Found in Scientific American · Valerie Nieman Colander · pm
46 · Beanie · Larry E. Barbe · ss
50 · Dead Letter Route · Sherrie Brown · ss
54 · Questing · Kij Johnson · vi
55 · To a Galactic Explorer · Wendy Rathbone · pm

Tales of the Unanticipated [#11, Winter/Spring/Summer 1993] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society: Minneapolis, MN, $3.00, 56pp+, quarto)

fc. · [photo] · Harris O. Morris · cv
2 · Editorials · Eric M. Heideman · ed
3 · I Didn’t Expect a Kind of Readers’ Forum! · [The Readers] · lc
6 · Contributors · Anon. · bg
8 · Cover Letter from Hell · Terry A. Garey · vi
9 · Science Affectation Corner · John Sladek · br
12 · Dreamer · Josh Partlow · nv
21 · An Excerpt from the Log of the Solo Mission to Jupiter · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm
22 · The Neuter’s Tale · Martha A. Hood · ss
27 · Captain Bain: Reflections in Maroon and Starlight · Charles Saplak · pm
28 · An Interview with George Alec Effinger: Part I · Eric M. Heideman · iv; edited from the Guest of Honor interview at Minicon 26, Mar 30 ’91.
32 · Einstein’s Brain · Keith Allen Daniels · pm Figment #12 1992
33 · City of Hearts Unshielded · Mark W. Tiedemann · ss
40 · Last Dance at Dante’s · Kij Johnson · ss
44 · Ghost in the Machine · Cynthia Ward · ss
47 · Attack of the White People · Gerard Daniel Houarner · ss
52 · First Draft · Chuck Rothman · ss
55 · To Go Fishing in a Dark Cave: a soliloquy for Sméagol · David Lenander · pm
56 · Lady Icarus · Ann K. Schwader · pm
bc. · A Message to Stephen J. Gould at Christmas · Sandra J. Lindow · pm

Tales of the Unanticipated [#12, Fall/Winter 1993/1994] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society: Minneapolis, MN, $4.00, 56pp+, quarto, cover by Rodger Gerberding)

2 · Editorials · Eric M. Heideman · ed
3 · I Didn’t Expect a Kind of Readers’ Forum! · [The Readers] · lc
6 · Contributors · Anon. · bg
8 · My Corner on Science Fiction · John Sladek · cl
9 · Three Haiku · Ruth Berman · pm
9 · Just Pretend · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm
10 · Demolition Derby: Family Feud · Sandra J. Lindow · vi
12 · Maintenance · Christine Beckert · ss
16 · When There Is No Moon · Jane R. Hansen · pm
17 · Fog · Martha A. Hood · ss
22 · Dirt · Mark Rich · ss
25 · Dinosaur Love · Sandra J. Lindow · pm
26 · An Interview with George Alec Effinger: Part II · Eric M. Heideman · iv; edited from a discussion at Minicon 26, Mar 31 ’91.
32 · Comrades-in-Arms · K. D. Wentworth · ss
36 · Nosferatu Speaks to His Love Turned to Dust · Wendy Rathbone · pm
37 · Thinderstorm · Jacie Ragan · pm
38 · Afternoon at Pop’s · Charles M. Saplak · ss
41 · Blacken · John Hartnett · ss
46 · Helping Hands · Eric M. Heideman · ss
53 · Away in Dinlo · Patricia Russo · ss
56 · The Grandmother Paradox · Laurel Winter · pm

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