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Tales of the Unanticipated [#23, April 2002-April 2003] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society; Minneapolis, MN, $7.00, 130pp+, quarto, cover by Rodger Gerberding) 2 · Editorial · Eric M. Heideman · ed 2 · Editorial · Laurel Winter · ed 2 · Editorial · Rebecca Marjesdatter · ed 4 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 8 · Want’s Master [Osyth] · A. B. Ming · nv 17 · A Million Layers Removed · Mike Allen · pm 18 · Footnote to a Holy War · Judy Klass · ss 22 · Alien Address at the UN · David Livingstone Clink · pm 24 · Hunter · Sandra Rector & P. M. F. Johnson · ss 30 · Small Poem · Richard Chwedyk · pm 32 · The Tree on Lethe’s Bank · Mark W. Tiedemann · ss 42 · The Invisible Hand Rolls the Dice · Carolyn Ives Gilman · ss Interzone Oct 2001 50 · 2Heads · Martha A. Hood · ss 57 · By Invitation Only · Cathy Tacinelli · ss 58 · The Lost Mother: A Story Told by the Divers · Eleanor Arnason · ss 61 · Petting the Time Shark · Mike Allen · pm 62 · Faux Ever in Love · R. Neube · ss 69 · Planet Clones: Mars · Ruth Berman · pm 70 · Six Gun and the Aliens · Laurel Winter · ss 78 · Mrs. Malley’s Home for Recidivists · David J. Hoffman-Dachelet · ss 85 · Full Spectrum · Jæ Leslie Adams · pm 86 · Flygirl · Patricia Russo · ss 93 · Dia de los Muertos · Rebecca Marjesdatter · pm 94 · Greaves, This Is Serious · William Mingin · ss 98 · The Orange Table in the Corner · Joyce Frohn · ss 101 · Where Are You Now My Bug Eyed Ones · G. O. Clark · pm (r) 102 · Predestiny · Christopher East · ss 111 · The Grand Cheat · Hilary Moon Murphy · ss 116 · A Few Kind Words for A.E. van Vogt · Richard Chwedyk · pm 118 · In October, I Wonder Why I Even Bother to Take Prisoners · John Grey · pm 118 · The Wood Women · Rebecca Marjesdatter · pm 119 · For Aging Kids Who Dream of Star Treks · Jason Sanford · ss 130 · [Do Not] Enter · Linda Bosson · pm

Tales of the Unanticipated [#24, July 2003-July 2004] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society; Minneapolis, MN, $8.50, 130pp+, quarto, cover by Rodger Gerberding & Suzanne Clarke) 2 · Editorial · Eric M. Heideman · ed 2 · Editorial · Rebecca Marjesdatter · ed 4 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 8 · Negative Event at Wardell Station, Planet Arriga · L. Timmel Duchamp · ss 15 · Psychic Tattoo · Martha A. Hood · pm 16 · Big Black Mama and Tentacle Man · Eleanor Arnason · ss 19 · My Father, Legendary Space-Man · John Grey · pm 20 · Emily Watches Emily · Judy Klass · ss 23 · Song from the Kalevala · Eleanor Arnason · pm 24 · Unite and Conquer · Patricia S. Bowne · ss 38 · Midnight’s Fire · Sandra Rector & P. M. F. Johnson · ss 46 · I’ve Got a Little List · Stephen Dedman · ss 48 · Miracle Green Adobe · Uncle River · ss 56 · The Feed Bag · Ellen Klages · pm 58 · Mirror, Mirror · Laurel Winter · ss 64 · Just Distance · Roger Dutcher · pm 65 · Seven Settings of Sappho · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm 66 · On Grandmother’s Farm · Cezarija Abartis · ss 74 · Product Placement... · Martha A. Hood · ss 79 · Colline’s Coat · Eleanor Arnason · pm 80 · It’s Not What You Think · William Mingin · ss 82 · Nowhere Far Enough · Patricia Russo · ss 88 · Shrimp Kabobs and Screaming Sleep · Toiya Kristen Finley · ss 93 · Planet Clones: Wet Venus · Ruth Berman · pm 94 · Virgin Grass · David J. Hoffman-Dachelet · ss 97 · Cracked Fortune · Laurel Winter · pm 98 · Eight Dead Shrimp · Gerard Houarner · ss 106 · The Night and the Day and the Night... · Charles M. Saplak · ss 111 · Clarification · Timons Esaias · pm 112 · Seven Names for Tabitha · Paula L. Fleming · ss 117 · A Terro-Martian Manifesto · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm 118 · An Eccentric in Orbit · Laurel Winter · pm 120 · The School of Old Men · Mark Rich · ss 127 · On Seeing Bellini’s Opera The Capulets and Montagues... · Eleanor Arnason · pm 128 · Rocket Mix · Ann K. Schwader · pm

Tales of the Unanticipated [#25, August 2004-July 2005] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society; Minneapolis, MN, $8.50, 136pp+, quarto, cover by Rodger Gerberding & Suzanne Clarke) Strange Romance Issue. 2 · A Fine Romance · Eric M. Heideman · ed 2 · Twins of Evil · Rebecca Marjesdatter · ed 8 · If Only · Martha A. Hood · ss 13 · Everything in Its Place · Mike Allen · pm 14 · The Correct Response · Manfred Gabriel · ss 20 · Glaciers After Hours · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm 22 · A Ten O’Clock Scholar · Patricia S. Bowne · ss 31 · Raven Says · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm 32 · Riders · Will Ludwigsen & Matthew Warner · ss 39 · The Order of the Days · Ruth Berman · pm 42 · The True Nature of Fire · Michelle Scott · ss 48 · The Ethics of Terraforming · Mario Milosevic · pm 49 · Dark Drug · S. C. Lofton · ss 53 · Rebel Horticulture · Terry A. Garey · pm 54 · Pattern Masters · Jeff Carlson · ss 61 · Two Thousand and Four · Jon S. Olsen · pm 62 · The Children Are to Blame · Patricia Russo · ss 69 · Unbeliever’s Chapel · Martha A. Hood · pm 70 · Probable Cause · Stephen Dedman · ss Orb Speculative Fiction #2 2001 73 · The Day the Earth Stood Still · Mario Milosevic · pm 74 · Getting Free · Robert H. Beer · ss 80 · Head for the Light! The Light! · William Mingin · ss 83 · In Some Final Winter · Ann K. Schwader · pm 84 · Flounder · Christine Butterworth · pm 86 · The Green Glass Paperweight [Kyle Murchison Booth] · Sarah Monette · ss 91 · The Stayed-Behind · Ann K. Schwader · pm 92 · The Story of Winnie-the-Poe · William Laughlin · ss 95 · The Job · Whitt Pond · ss 104 · Jordan’s Place · Alfie Rue · ss 114 · Caring for Hoppers · Judy Klass · ss 116 · Meeting Mother · S. N. Arly · ss 122 · Mr. Brain and the Voting Booth from Outer Space [Mr. Brain] · Richard Bowes & Ezra Pines · ss 128 · Father Muerte and the Theft · Lee Battersby · ss Aurealis #29 2002 135 · Final Feast · Anna Waltz · ss 136 · Romance Computer Game · Ruth Berman · pm

Tales of the Unanticipated [#26, October 2005-July 2006] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society; Minneapolis, MN, $8.50, 132pp+, quarto, cover by Stephanie Rodriguez) 2 · Growing Pains · Eric M. Heideman · ed 2 · The Poetess in Hell · Rebecca Marjesdatter · ed 3 · The Bees · Kelly McCullough · pm 8 · The Long Walk · Naomi Kritzer & Lyda Morehouse · nv 20 · Mortal Nature · Stephen Dedman · nv Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #8 2003 29 · Super Sex and Money · David Christenson · ct 30 · Captivity · Gerard Houarner · ss 34 · A Rose for Emily, Revisited · Laurel Winter · pm 36 · Amanda’s Father Is Fine · Sue Burke · ss 43 · A Handful of Time · Ruth Berman · pm 44 · I’m Dead! (He’s Dead, He’s Dead, He’s Dead!) · William Mingin · ss 46 · Requiem for an Information Age Worker · Uncle River · ss 50 · Phoenix Barley · Uncle River · pm 52 · Redemption · Patricia Russo · nv 62 · Escher in Love · Bruce Boston & Margaret Ballif Simon · pm 63 · Juno’s Jazzercise · Sandra J. Lindow · pm 64 · Boywave · Judy Klass · ss 72 · Elegy for a Demon Lover [Kyle Murchison Booth] · Sarah Monette · ss 77 · Raven Linguistics · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm 78 · Luna Beat · Mary Soon Lee · ss 83 · Egg Foo Yung in Free Fall · Terry A. Garey · pm 84 · Immortal Sin · Jennifer Pelland · ss 91 · Alien Juke Box · G. O. Clark · pm 94 · See How She Dances · Martha A. Hood · ss 98 · How to Behave in Bars Throughout the Galaxy · John Grey · pm 99 · The Captive Pleads with the Memory Carver · Mike Allen · pm 100 · A Book Is a Journey · David Levine · ss 106 · A Million Minds · Cornelius Fortune · pm 108 · Mary Bennet Goes Postal · Sue Isle · ss 110 · Piper · Paul E. Martens · ss 113 · The Order of the Days · Ruth Berman · pm Tales of the Unanticipated #25 2004/’05 114 · Snack Food · Jeff Carlson · ss 118 · Transgenesis Meeses · S. N. Arly · ss 121 · Far Sedna · Ann K. Schwader · pm 122 · The Secret Lives of Puppets · Sarah Totton · ss 124 · Chief of the Sexy and Cool Committee · Robert P. Switzer · ss 130 · Hair Group for Everyone · Laurel Winter · ss

Tales of the Unanticipated [#27, Autumn 2006] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society; Minneapolis, MN, $8.50, 116pp+, quarto, cover by Augie Wiedemann) The Antholo-Zine of TOTU Ink “Monsters Issue” “Twentieth Anniversary!” 2 · Twenty Years After · Eric M. Heideman · ed 2 · Owning the Shadow · Rebecca Marjesdatter · ed 3 · Mathoms · Eric M. Heideman · ed 4 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 6 · Mail Orders · [Misc.] · ms 7 · Contributors’ Guidelines · Anon. · ms 8 · Katabasis: Seraphic Trains · Sarah Monette · nv 20 · Love as an Unstable Isotope and Other Theories · Laurel Winter · pm 22 · Missing Piece · Martha A. Hood · ss 32 · Dances with Werewolves · Ellen Kuhfeld · ss 38 · Neptune Can’t Save You Either · durenda · pm 39 · Beer Can Medusa · Mark Rich · ss 44 · Homunculus · Bryan Thao Worra · pm 45 · You Can’t Judge a Squid by Its Cover · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm 46 · The Lady of the Lounge · William Mingin · ss 53 · Angerboda’s Child · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm 54 · Raising the Dead [Osyth] · Patricia S. Bowne · nv 68 · Flo & Eb · Laurel Winter · vi 70 · Song the City Sang Off-Key (Greg’s Re-Mix) · Cornelius A. Fortune · pm 72 · Mister Eddie · Douglas J. Lane · ss 80 · The Memory of Vermouth · Laurel Winter · pm 82 · Tips on Moving to Earth · Brandon Sigrist · vi 84 · We Gave Them to the Aliens · Ann K. Schwader · pm 85 · The Dog at the Camp · Bryan Thao Worra · ss 87 · The Monster Unreason · Bruce Boston · pm The Nightmare Collector, 2AM 1988 88 · Nosmo Girl · Judy Klass · ss 92 · The Facts of Dr. Van Helsing’s Case · Stephen Dedman · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #11 2004 99 · Soap · Bryan Thao Worra · pm 100 · Turning · T. Bilgen · ss 104 · The Ogre’s Wife · Patricia Russo · ss 107 · Palimpsest Fugue · Ann K. Schwader · pm 108 · With Your Blood I Wash My Hands · Robert P. Switzer · ss 113 · Hydrotaxic Personals: Between the Lines · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm 114 · The Tale of Roderick Rabbit, by Beatrix Stoker · Jason D. Wittman · vi 115 · An Archaeology of Snow Forts · Bryan Thao Worra · pm 116 · Anticipations · [Misc.] · ms

Tales of the Unanticipated [#28, Summer 2007] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society; Minneapolis, MN, $10.00, 130pp+, quarto, cover by Rodger Gerberding) 2 · Editorial · Eric M. Heideman · ed 2 · Editorial · Rebecca Marjesdatter · ed 3 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 6 · Contributors’ Guidelines · Anon. · ms 7 · Orpheus Gives Directions to the Orphics · Ruth Berman · pm 8 · Johnny Quantum and the Supergalactical Hellfire Jamboree [Johnny Quantum] · Terry Black · ss 20 · Escape · Barbara Rosen · ss 29 · Revenants of the Time Machine · Ann K. Schwader · pm 30 · The Pinocchio Cantatas · Tony Pi · ss 38 · Gerhard and Lili · David Simms · pm 40 · The Price of Peace · Uncle River · ss 48 · Deputy Death · S. N. Arly · ss 55 · Mail Orders · [Misc.] · ms 56 · Lack of Vision · Paul E. Martens · ss 63 · Street Dancer · Cornelius A. Fortune · pm 64 · The Honest Truth About Beta Males · Martha A. Hood · ss 71 · Emily Dickinson, as far as we know · Laurel Winter · pm 72 · Bubby’s Favorite Demon · Fred Schepartz · ss 80 · The Waitress at the Utah Café · David Simms · pm 82 · One Tongue Tiger · Ka Vang · ss 87 · Breaking the Secrets Open · Ann K. Schwader · pm 88 · King Under the Bed · Jeff Kouba · ss 95 · The Passing of the Copper King · Mikal Trimm · pm 96 · In Comes I · Patricia Russo · ss 100 · Coup de Grace · Stephen Dedman · ss Borderlands Dec 2004 106 · Tessa’s Tale · Joyce Finn · ss 109 · Rosemary and Time · Judy Klass · ss 112 · Where Time Loops on the Event Horizon of the End of Everything · Laurel Winter · pm 112 · Hypotheosis · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm 113 · Kabbalah · John Garrison · pm 114 · Which Leads to What Comes Next · William Mingin · ss 116 · Outlawing Big Cars · Ruth Berman · pm 117 · A Piece of Strangeness · Mary Soon Lee · ss 120 · Heresies of Thread, Flint and Stone · Bryan Thao Worra · pm 122 · The Show · A. Christopher Drown · ss 130 · Anticipations · [Misc.] · ms

Tales of the Unanticipated [#29, Autumn/Winter 2008] ed. Eric M. Heideman (TOTU Ink, $10.00, 142pp, tp, cover by Barbara Boicourt) 2 · Mathoms · Eric M. Heideman · ed 2 · The Ties That Bind · Rebecca Marjesdatter · ar 8 · Dead Man Come A-Calling · Mark Rich · ss; illustrated by Rodger Gerberding 17 · After the arrival of the strange horses · Kristine Ong Muslim · pm 18 · Kindling · Patricia S. Bowne · nv; illustrated by Margaret Ballif Simon 31 · Tourist · Terry A. Garey · pm 32 · The VanBulyen Effect · Lyda Morehouse · ss; illustrated by Margaret Ballif Simon 40 · To Not Look Back · Ann K. Schwader · pm 42 · The Diner · Eleanor Arnason · ss; illustrated by Jules Hart 46 · Tentacle 1 · Camilla Decarnin · pm 48 · Desiree · Stephen Dedman · ss Oceans of the Mind Win 2003; illustrated by Rodger Gerberding 57 · The A.I.’s Table Prayer · Sandra Lindow · pm 58 · Anxiety Wave · Martha A. Hood · ss; illustrated by Jules Hart 62 · Der Erlkönig · S. N. Arly · ss; illustrated by Jules Hart 66 · Interview with Bryan Thao Worra · Catherine Lundoff · iv 73 · Tentacle 2 · Camilla Decarnin · pm 74 · Fort · Stephen Couch · ss; illustrated by Margaret Ballif Simon 81 · FUN with Innards! · F. J. Bergmann · pm 82 · ET Cleaning Crew Terrifies Teen · Terry Faust · ar 84 · A Heart Is the Size of a Clenched Fist · Michael Pignatella · ss; illustrated by Jules Hart 90 · Isotope Ballerina · Cornelius Fortune · pm 92 · Verbal Knowledge · Katherine Woodbury · ss; illustrated by Rodger Gerberding 98 · Tentacle 3 · Camilla Decarnin · pm 100 · On the Wind That Blows Hard from Below · Gerard Houarner · ss; illustrated by Rodger Gerberding 107 · In the Capuchin Crypt Coffeeshop · James P. Roberts · pm 108 · When Shlemiel Went to the Stars · Naomi Kritzer · ss; illustrated by Marge Simon 112 · The Jaculi · Patricia Russo · ss; illustrated by Marge Simon 118 · Come Frost, Sun, and Vine · Tony Pi · ss; illustrated by Marge Simon 126 · The Box Arrived Early Afternoon · Terrie Leigh Relf · pm 127 · Becoming Osiris · Ann K. Schwader · pm 128 · The Mead Cup · Hank Quense · ss; illustrated by Jules Hart 134 · Heartsblood · Sue Isle · ss; illustrated by Rodger Gerberding 141 · Sunset on Mars · Martha A. Hood · pm

Tales of the Unanticipated [#30, April 2010] ed. Eric M. Heideman (TOTU Ink, $14.95, 134pp, tp, cover by Rodger Gerberding) 2 · The Year We Make Contact · Eric M. Heideman · ed 2 · Farewell and Hello · Rebecca Marjesdatter · ed 3 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 6 · [untitled] · Erin McKee · il 7 · To Bellini (1400?—1470) · F. J. Bergmann · pm 8 · A Twenty-First Century Fairy Love Story · Jason Sanford · ss; illustrated by Marge Simon 18 · Phantom Starchild · Ann K. Schwader · pm 20 · What Goes Around · Stephen Dedman · ss Aurealis #38/39 2007; illustrated by Jules Hart 24 · Personal Jesus · Martha A. Hood · ss; illustrated by Suzanne Clarke & Rodger Gerberding 31 · Closed Shelves · Ruth Berman · pm 32 · The Egyptian Cat · Catherine Lundoff · nv; illustrated by Marge Simon 42 · Beginner’s Luck · Patricia S. Bowne · ss; illustrated by George Schnobrich 52 · Tacklesmooches · Douglas J. Lane · ss; illustrated by Jules Hart 57 · Harping Types · P. M. F. Johnson · pm 58 · Ashes, Ashes · Matthew S. Rotundo · ss; illustrated by Suzanne Clarke & Rodger Gerberding 68 · Sun “Borrows” Highflyer’s Comb (Why There Are Always Stars): A God-Tale of Pajent · Ellen Kuhfeld & Ann Peters · pm 70 · Peeper, Hunting · Barbara Rosen · ss; illustrated by Barbara Rosen 74 · Guess Who’s Coming to Gotterdammerung · Terry Faust · ss; illustrated by Marge Simon 79 · Before the Tempest · Ann K. Schwader · pm 80 · The Danger of Her Muse · T. J. Berg · ss; illustrated by Marge Simon 88 · Rusalka · Alexis Vergalla · pm 90 · Myths and Messerschmitts · Kurt Kirchmeier · ss; illustrated by Suzanne Clarke & Rodger Gerberding 94 · Sticky · Patricia Russo · ss; illustrated by Marge Simon 100 · From Hollywood’s Other Couch · G. O. Clark · pm 101 · Tracing · K. C. Wilder · pm 102 · Diminuendo · Cornelius Fortune · nv; illustrated by Jules Hart 115 · Goddess of Death · Zoë Gabriel · pm 118 · Patrick and Mr. Bear: A True Story · Eleanor Arnason · ss 119 · Miraculous Bears · Sandra Kasturi · pm 120 · If You Enjoyed This Story... · Sarah Totton · ss; illustrated by Rodger Gerberding & Suzanne Clarke 122 · Right There · William Mingin · ss; illustrated by Jules Hart 134 · The Dunes of Titan · Ann K. Schwader · pm bc. · [back cover] · Rodger Gerberding · cv