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Leading Edge, #73, December 2018

December 2018

Editor Abigail Miner
Cover art Saleha Chowdhury
Publisher The Leading Edge
Price $6.99
Pages 139

Date, cover artist, price, and ISSN 1049-5983 per copyright page. ISBN per back cover. The INTERIORART for "Masterpiece" is credited at the end of the story, stating "Images provided by (in order) Joel Filipe, NASA, Peter Lewicki, Nicolas Leslercq, and Annie Spratt via Unsplash." There are three illustrations, however, and it is unclear which credits belong to which people, so they are credited all together (except for NASA). "Flash Fiction Author Bios" on pp.90-91. "Staff Picks" is a collection of mini reviews by various staff members. They are listed separately as reviews. "How Nerd Are You?" quiz on pp.134-136. "Submission Guidelines" on pp.138-139. Staff list on p.1:
  • Editor in Chief: Abigail Miner
  • Managing Editors: Holly Adams, Ashlin Awerkamp, Leslie Owusu
  • Acquisitions Editors: Emma Ebert, Angela Griffin, Tina Hawley, Kaitlyn Meyers, Sam Niven, Erica Smith
  • Art Director: Deborah Goldberg
  • Fiction Director: Shelby Gardner
  • Assistant Fiction Director: Giselle McIntire
  • Nonfiction Director: Madeline Jones
  • Assistant Nonfiction Director: Brittany Passmore
  • Poetry Director: Scott Darrington
  • Social Media Director: Hannah Taylor
  • Faculty Advisor: Alan Manning
  • Special Thanks: The Lightweaver Foundation

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
7 Essay Non Fiction Letter from the Editor (Leading Edge #73, December 2018) Abigail Miner
9 Short Fiction Fiction Masterpiece Richard Wren
21 Short Fiction Fiction Salvage Operations Melinda Brasher
39 Short Fiction Fiction Voices Kathleen Palm
55 Short Fiction Fiction Heart to Heart Cynthia Zhang
77 Short Fiction Fiction Shared Language Sarah Riley
78 Short Fiction Fiction The Tree Kate Eliason
80 Short Fiction Fiction When the Bloodcatchers Fill Matt Wagstaff
82 Short Fiction Fiction Paid to Pick Flowers Eric Dayton Emmons
84 Short Fiction Fiction Ectropy Jakob Chapman
86 Short Fiction Fiction There Are Monsters in the Forest Will Anderson
88 Short Fiction Fiction Dead Battery Chloe Richardson
92 Poem Fiction Imperception Juleigh Howard-Hobson
93 Poem Fiction A Stitch in Time Adele Gardner
96 Poem Fiction Our Treaty with the Zephon Ken Poyner
98 Interview Non Fiction Interview: D. G. Stallman: Author of the Kahn Prophecies Madeline Jones & Britanny Passmore & Donald Stallman
102 Short Fiction Fiction The Kahn Prophesies (excerpt) D. G. Stallman
104 Essay Non Fiction Grace: Interpretations and Correlations in the Works of Flannery O'Connor and Star Wars Alex Francom
112 Essay Non Fiction Tensions Between Past and Present: Exploring the Gothic, the Liminal, and the Mythical in the Urban Fantasy Narratives of China China Miéville and Charles di Lint Sarai Mannolini-Winwood
126 Essay Non Fiction Parallel Worlds Margaret Pearce
130 Review Non Fiction Live Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us About Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worlds Andrew Flick & Mohamed Noor
132 Essay Non Fiction Staff Picks Leading Edge Staff
132 Review Non Fiction The Gone Series Leslie Owusu & Michael Grant
132 Review Non Fiction The Ranger's Apprentice Series Ashlin Awerkamp & John Flanagan
132 Review Non Fiction The Seven Realms Series Holly Adams & Cinda Williams Chima
132 Review Non Fiction Three Parts Dead Tina Hawley & Max Gladstone
133 Review Non Fiction A Swiftly Tilting Planet (A Wrinkle in Time Series) Madeline Jones & Madeleine L'Engle
133 Review Non Fiction Everlost Abigail Miner & Neal Shusterman
133 Review Non Fiction The Bartimeaus Trilogy Brittany Passmore & Jonathan Stroud
133 Review Non Fiction The Goose Girl Hannah Taylor & Shannon Hale

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Leading Edge - 2018 Abigail Miner
Cover Art Non Fiction Leading Edge, #73, December 2018 Saleha Chowdhury
8 Interior Art Non Fiction Masterpiece Joel Filipe & Peter Lewicki & Nicolas Leslercq & Annie Spratt
20 Interior Art Non Fiction Salvage Operations Saleha Chowdhury
28 Interior Art Non Fiction Salvage Operations [2] Saleha Chowdhury
35 Interior Art Non Fiction Salvage Operations [3] Saleha Chowdhury
38 Interior Art Non Fiction Voices Jonathan Beistline
41 Interior Art Non Fiction Voices [2] Jonathan Beistline
50 Interior Art Non Fiction Voices [3] Jonathan Beistline
54 Interior Art Non Fiction Heart to Heart Deborah Goldberg
60 Interior Art Non Fiction Heart to Heart [2] Deborah Goldberg
71 Interior Art Non Fiction Heart to Heart [3] Deborah Goldberg
76 Interior Art Non Fiction Shared Language Deborah Goldberg
92 Interior Art Non Fiction Imperception Deborah Goldberg
94 Interior Art Non Fiction A Stitch in Time Deborah Goldberg