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TOTU Issue Number 22

Birth, Death, & Rebirth Issue

Published 04/01/2001, 126 Pages    

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
Tales of the Unanticipated - Issue #22

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