Asimov's Science Fiction June 1996 (Volume 20, No. 6 – Whole #246)
Cover by Keith Scaife (for "The Land of Nod")

Novelettes: "The Land of Nod" by Mike Resnick ("Kirinyaga" series; Hugo nominee)
"A Dry, Quiet War" by Tony Daniel
"Izzy at the Lucky Three" by Eliot Fintushel ("Izzy" series)
"Allegra's Hand" by Michael Bishop

Stories: "The Last Homosexual" by Paul Park
"Decency" by Robert Reed [Hugo nominee]
"Breakaway, Backdown" by James Patrick Kelly.