Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine October 1988 (Volume 12, No. 10 – Whole #135)
llustrations by Laura Lakey, Bob Walters, George Thompson, Judy Mitchell, Hisaki Yasuda. Cover by Hisaki Yasuda (for "We Are For the Dark”)

Novellas: "Nomans Land" by Lucius Shepard
"We Are For the Dark” by Robert Silverberg.

Novelettes: "Father to the Man" by Tim Sullivan
"Guardian" by Lisa Mason.

Stories: "Ripples in the Dirac Sea" by Geoffrey A. Landis [Hugo nominee]
"Common Superstitions" by Don Webb.

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."