Contents 1 • Angel • (1987) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan 21 • Cryptic • (1983) • shortstory by Jack McDevitt 41 • The Bishop's Decision • (1988) • shortstory by Phillip C. Jennings 57 • Iridescence • (1989) • shortstory by Dean Whitlock 75 • The Alien in the Lake • (1987) • shortstory by Andrew Weiner 85 • A Midwinter's Tale • (1988) • shortstory by Michael Swanwick 103 • Dinosaurs • (1987) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams 133 • True Colors • (1990) • shortstory by Kathe Koja 151 • Trading Post • (1986) • novelette by Neal Barrett, Jr. 177 • People Like Us • (1989) • shortstory by Nancy Kress 187 • The Rose Garden • (1987) • shortstory by Steven Popkes 207 • Of Space-Time and the River • (1985) • novelette by Gregory Benford
Gardner Raymond Dozois was an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004. He won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, both as an editor and a writer of short fiction. Wikipedia entry: Gardner Dozois