Asimov's Science Fiction March 1993 (Volume 17, No. 3 – Whole #198)
Cover by Mark Harrison (for "Death on the Nile.")

Novelettes: "The Parrot Man" by Kathleen Ann Goonan
"Vision Quest" by Joseph F. Pumila
"The Pact" by Don Webb
"The Redemption of August" by Tom Purdom
"Death on the Nile" by Connie Willis [Hugo winner - "best short story," Nebula nominee]

Stories: "Martin on a Wednesday" by Nancy Kress
"The King's Kiss" by M. Shayne Bell
"Mwalimu in the Squared Circle" by Mike Resnick [Hugo nominee]
"Driving the Chevy Biscayne to Oblivion" by Kandis Elliot.