TOTU Issue Number 22

Birth, Death, & Rebirth Issue

Short Story Title By Page Necrosis   Mark W. Tiedemann 8 The Glutton: A Goxhat Accounting Chant   Eleanor Arnason 18 1001 Deaths (#1-5)   William Mingin 24 Life and a Chance   Sue Isle 31 A Prince Dies in Paris   Magee Gilks 38 Life Without Parole   H. Courreges LeBlanc 46 When Jabberwocks Attack   Kelly McCullough 50 The Change   Judy Klass 56 A Boatside Chat   Corey Kellgren 66 Exit   Martha A. Hood 74 Creatures   Patricia Rutale 78 Zero Time   Chananya Weissman 86 Act III: Scene 3   Paula L. Fleming 90 Because It Is Bitter   Stephen Woodworth 96 The Heron, Zither, and Hanuman   Bobbi Sinha-Morey 99 The Rat Story   Patricia Russo 108 On the Irritating Tendency of the Tau Cetians to Indulge in Ever More Verbose Titles for Their Cross-Dimensional, Cross-Species Romances, Inevitably Entailing the Listing of at Least a Dozen Characters with Unpronounceable Names (One of Whom Will Invariably be an E-Eridanian Whose Association with the Other Characters is as Improbable as it is Brief), Together with the Major and Minor Genders of Those Characters, Not to Mention the Names and Ages of Any of Their Offspring Still Attached in the Bud, as well as the Birth Planets and Dietary Preferences of the Characters (Particular Attention Being Given to the Bizarrely Gory Eating Habits of the Hyper-Carnivorous E-Eridanian - This being the Primary Reason for Including a Member of Such a Belligerent Species in the First Place), and Often Also Containing Unsavory and Detailed Descriptions of the Numerous Pungent Odors Produced in Moments of Single or Multiplexed Passion   Mary Soon Lee 113 The Devil's Music   Fred Schepartz 114 Poetry Title By Page A Ghost on the Stair   John Grey 30 Revenant Stars   Ann K. Schwader 37 After an Exibition of Charity   Rebecca Marjesdatter 37 Poe   Corinne DeWinter 45 Meeting Death on an Autumn Street   Nancy Bennett 64 Death Warmed over   Rebecca Marjesdatter 65 Falling on Deaf Ears   G.O. Clark 77 They Moved While I Was Taking the Picture   Ruth Berman 85 Under Stars   Corinne DeWinter 89 After the Fallout   Corinne DeWinter 95 The woman who loves knives   Rebecca Marjesdatter 98 unexplored love   Cathy Tacinelli 124 Sightseeing   Linda Bosson 128 Feature Title By Page Millennium Mathoms   Eric M. Heideman 2 Editorial Title By Page Leaving for Las Vegas   Laurel Winter 3 Cover Title By Page No One's Storybook   Rodger Gerberding Cover Illustration Title By Page For "Necrosis"   Margaret Ballif Simon 9 For "The Glutton: A Goxhat Accounting Chant"   Margaret Ballif Simon 19 For "1001 Deaths (#1-5)"   Suzanne Clarke Rodger Gerberding 25 For "Life and a Chance"   Margaret Ballif Simon 33 For "A Prince Dies in Paris"   Suzanne Clarke Rodger Gerberding 39 For "Life Without Parole"   Margaret Ballif Simon 47 For "When Jabberwocks Attack"   Margaret Ballif Simon 51 For "The Change"   Suzanne Clarke Rodger Gerberding 57 For "Meeting Death on an Autumn Street"   Margaret Ballif Simon 64 For "A Boatside Chat"   Margaret Ballif Simon 67 For "Exit"   Suzanne Clarke Rodger Gerberding 75 For "Creatures"   Margaret Ballif Simon 79 For "Zero Time"   Margaret Ballif Simon 87 For "Act III: Scene 3"   Suzanne Clarke Rodger Gerberding 91 For "Because It Is Bitter"   Suzanne Clarke Rodger Gerberding 97 For "The Heron, Zither, and Hanuman"   Margaret Ballif Simon 101 For "The Heron, Zither, and Hanuman"   Margaret Ballif Simon 105 For "The Rat Story"   Suzanne Clarke Rodger Gerberding 109 For "On the Irritating Tendency of the Tau Cetians to Indulge in Ever More Verbose Titles for Their Cross-Dimensional, Cross-Species Romances, Inevitably Entailing the Listing of at Least a Dozen Characters with Unpronounceable Names (One of Whom Will Invariably be an E-Eridanian Whose Association with the Other Characters is as Improbable as it is Brief), Together with the Major and Minor Genders of Those Characters, Not to Mention the Names and Ages of Any of Their Offspring Still Attached in the Bud, as well as the Birth Planets and Dietary Preferences of the Characters (Particular Attention Being Given to the Bizarrely Gory Eating Habits of the Hyper-Carnivorous E-Eridanian - This being the Primary Reason for Including a Member of Such a Belligerent Species in the First Place), and Often Also Containing Unsavory and Detailed Descriptions of the Numerous Pungent Odors Produced in Moments of Single or Multiplexed Passion"   Margaret Ballif Simon 113 For "The Devil's Music"   Margaret Ballif Simon 115 Staff Eric M. Heideman Editor-in-Chief Andy Loges Senior Associate Editor Amanda Elg Associate Editor Greg L Johnson Associate Editor P M F Johnson Associate Editor Sandra Rector Associate Editor Laurel Winter Poetry Editor Rodger Gerberding Art Editor Mark Willcox Editorial Assistant Kristopher Wilson Editorial Assistant Ruth Berman Proofreading Clark Stone Typesetting and Design

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