Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: May 1979 Cover by Jack Gaughan (for "The Quest")

Featured stories:
"Against a Crooked Stile" by Nancy Kress
"Small Talent" by Steve Perry
"Sanctuary" by Jayge Carr
"Prime Crime" by Milton Rothman
"Mermaid’s Knell" by Anne Lear
"The Pinch-Hitters" by George Alec Effinger
"The Dead of Winter" by Kevin O’Donnell, Jr.
"The Quest" by Barry B. Longyear (a "Circus World" novelette),