Interzone 39 (original 1990; edition 1990)

Keith Brooke - Beefcake

Very sad tale of Marcia and Bulldog, debt-endentured asteroid miners, fed a diet of beefcake to pump up their size, who decide to have a child...

Alistair Reynolds - Dilation sleep

A technician is woken from cold sleep on an FTL ship to fix a problem. He starts seeing a shadow, despite being the only person awake...

Ian R. MacLeod - Past magic

In the near future things have got unpleasant. The Isle of Man though becomes a refuge for the rich: it is the heart of a new industry in genetic engineering. An estranged couple met there and contemplate cloning their daughter, killed in an accident. A cunning twist crowns powerful prose.

Lisa Tuttle - Lizard lust

Extremely bizarre tale told in twin before and after threads. A librarian is pulled into both an underworld and another world..

Brian Stableford - The invertebrate man

Patrick grows up labelled as a wimp, and in reaction takes up collecting arachnids as a hobby. Becoming a scientist he joins a lab where a rogue scientist is conducting some 'private' genetic engineering.

David S. Garnett - Now read on...

A hack fantasy writer wakes up in his fictional realm, and finds out who the scariest 'Dark Lord' to face is...Very satirical. ( )