The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2019

THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION November/December • 71st Year of Publication NOVELETS HOW I CAME TO WRITE FANTASY -6- Michael Libling THE JOY IN WOUNDING -52- Charlotte Ashley A GEAS OF THE PURPLE SCHOOL - 87- Matthew Hughes BIRD THOU NEVER WERT -155- James Morrow THE VICIOUS WORLD OF BIRDS -218- Andy Stewart SHORT STORIES REJOICE, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS -37- Benjamin Rosenbaum EVERGREEN -129- M. Rickert A HAND AT THE SERVICE OF DARKNESS -136- Gregor Hartmann IT NEVER SNOWS IN SNOWTOWN -180- Rebecca Zahabi KNIT THREE, SAVE FOUR -203- Marie Vibbert SHUCKED -243- Sam J. Miller POEMS SWING BETWEEN -178- Jane Yolen DEPARTMENTS BOOKS TO LOOK FOR -71- Charles de Lint MUSING ON BOOKS -79- Michelle West TELEVISION: THOSE WERE THE DAYS -190- David J. Skal SCIENCE: PORTABLE POWER -195- Jerry Oltion COMPETITION #98 -201- COMING ATTRACTIONS -254- INDEX TO VOLUMES 136 & 137 -256- CURIOSITIES -258- Paul Di Filippo Cartoons: Nick Downes (179). COVER: “THE SKY HOUSE” BY BOB EGGLETON