I read this a while back. Of note of course is Peter S. Beagle's "Two Hearts", which contains four main characters from his 1968 novel "The Last Unicorn". "Two Hearts" is all sad and stuff...

Also here:

"Help Wonted" by Matthew Hughes
"Helen Remembers the Stork Club" by Esther M. Friesner
"Foreclosure" by Joe Haldeman
"Spells For Halloween: An Acrostic" by Dale Bailey
"Billy and the Ants" by Terry Bison
"The Gunner's Mate" by Gene Wolfe
"Fallen Idols" by Jaye Lawrence
"Silv'ry Moon" by Steven Utley
"Echo" by Elizabeth Hand
"Boatman's Holiday" by Jeffrey Ford

...and, the shining star of the issue, as well as the only thing I really remember anything about—Paolo Bacigalupi's "The Calorie Man".

I cannot stress what an important story I believe "The Calorie Man" is for today; what with our GMOs and the horrible reality of The Monsanto Company.

It has a Twainish feel to it, a river, an adventure. It is awesome and it made me a fan of Bacigalupi. I remember the story as freshly as I remember fresh garden-grown tomatoes, now in the winter of 2010. ( )