Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2004

by Gardner Dozois, Paul Melko, Allen M. Steele, Keith Ferrell, Peter Friend, Elizabeth Counihan, Mike Resnick, Aaron Schutz, Chris Roberson, Neal Asher, James Van Pelt, Bruce Boston, G.O. Clark, Ruth Berman, Mario Milosevic, Robert Silverberg, James Patrick Kelly, Peter J. Heck, Erwin S. Strauss