8 Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders artwork by uncredited

9 Editor's Note (Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders) (1983) essay by Shawna McCarthy

10 With Thimbles, with Forks, and Hope [Constance and Charlie] by Kate Wilhelm

56 Alien Lover (1980) by Ted Reynolds and William F. Wu

56 Alien Lover artwork by Hilary Barta

66 Mud/Aurora by D. D. Storm

86 The Dim Rumble [Azazel] by Isaac Asimov

86 The Dim Rumble artwork by Gary Freeman

97 Limits [Draco Tavern] by Larry Niven

102 Johnny Beercans by George Guthridge and Steve Perry

119 The Anatomy Lesson by Scott Russell Sanders

124 The Boarder by Madeleine E. Robins [as by Madeleine Robins]

137 A Spaceship Built of Stone (1980) by Lisa Tuttle

154 Renascence by Mary Kittredge

154 Renascence artwork by James Odbert

180 The Invisible Foe by Garry Kilworth

197 The Day of the Trifles (1980) by Jon L. Breen

203 I Have a Winter Reason by Melisa Michaels

203 I Have a Winter Reason artwork by Karl Kofoed

215 One Kidnapped Clicka (1980) by John Kelly

226 Improbable Bestiary: The Bug-Eyed Monster poem by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre

228 Slac// by Michael P. Kube-McDowell

253 Headlines by the Dozens (Right in My Own Kitchen) poem by David R. Bunch

254 Playing for Keeps by Jack C. Haldeman, II

254 Playing for Keeps (1982) artwork by Bob Walters

260 Coursing by Barry N. Malzberg

266 Conversion by Bob Shaw