The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: May 1971 (Volume 40, Number 5)
Cover by Ronald Walotsky (from "The Bear with the Knot On His Tail.")

Novelets: "The Bear With The Knot On His Tail" by Stephen Tall (Hugo nominee, "Stardust" series)
"Ringing the Changes" by Robert Aickman.

Stories: "A Free Pass To The Carnival" by George Alec Effinger
"If Something Begins" by Raylyn Moore
"Her Lover's Name Was Death" by Edward Bryant
"The Frayed String On The Stretched Forefinger Of Time" by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
"Yearbook" by Barry N. Malzberg.

Science: "Pompey and Circumstance" by Isaac Asimov.