Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine August 1986 (Volume 10, No. 8 – Whole #107)
Illustrations by Nicholas Jainshigg, Bob Walters, Arthur George, Laura Lackey, Terry Lee. Cover by Terry Lee (for “Aymara”.)

Novelettes: "Hatrack River” by Orson Scott Card (Hugo, Nebula nominee, “Alvin Maker” series)
“Strange Eruptions” by Harry Turtledove (a “Basil Argyros” story)
“Aymara” by Lucius Shepard (Nebula nominee.)

Stories: "Stop-Motion” by Tim Sulivan
“The Dragon’s Head” by Karen Joy Fowler.

Viewpoint: “A User’s Guide to the Postmoderns” by Michael Swanwick.

Regular features include an editorial by Isaac Asimov, Gaming column by Matthew J. Costello, a letter column, “The SF Conventional Calendar” by Erwin S. Strauss, Baird Searles’ "On Books" and Martin Gardner’s puzzle/stories.