Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: September-October 1978
Illustrations by Michael Whelan, Kelly Freas, Jack Gaughan, Alex Schomburg, Rick Sternbach, Freff, George Barr, Ron Miller. Cover by Michael Whelan (for "Softly Touch the Stranger's Mind.")

Featured stories:
"Softly Touch the Stranger's Mind" by E. Amalia Andujar
"The Bitter End" by Randall Garrett (a "Lord D'Arcy" story)
"Thirty Love" by Jack C. Haldeman II
"The Victor Hours" by Ted Reynolds
"Seasoning" by Hal Clement (in the "Medea" shared-world anthology.)

George H. Scithers is editor, with an editorial by Isaac Asimov.