Marc Laidlaw

The story of two orphaned brothers, Sal and Lupe Diaz. Sal is a homosexual who teaches karate and enjoys seducing boys, Lupe is a an artist and a serial killer who sketches his victims. Grisly scenes abound, as when a gang leader is found with a crucifix up his rectum.

Meet Sandy Figueroa, TV teen heartthrob of the future. Thanks to the miracle of the wires, his every sensation can be shared by audience participants across the world. Well ... could be. Since Mom died in an accident on the moon, the family show has gone into reruns. Only Sandy's older sister remains on the wires in her highly rated show, Poppy on the Run. And now, on the eve of California's bicentennial, Poppy plans some fireworks of her own: live on the wires, she's. Going to bring new life into the world - Calafia, the first human born wired. Which makes the child more valuable than Poppy knows. Which explains why someone kidnaps her. Which means that, by fate's fickle hand, it's up to Sandy to rescue the child of the future. What lousy news for the world! Marvelously inventive, wildly funny, Kalifornia is a stunning excursion into the State of the Future.

Introduction - essay by Isaac Asimov Robot Dreams - short story by Isaac Asimov Fault-Intolerant - short story by Isaac Asimov Christmas Without Rodney - short story by Isaac Asimov The Smile of the Chipper - short story by Isaac Asimov Too Bad! - short story by Isaac Asimov Dilemma - short story by Connie Willis Zelle's Thursday - short story by Tanith Lee Praxis - short story by Karen Joy Fowler One-Trick Dog - short story by Bruce Boston Old Robots Are the Worst - poem by Bruce Boston Kronos - short story by Marc Laidlaw Gerda and the Wizard - novelette by Rob Chilson Pages from Cold Harbor - novelette by Richard Grant Simulation Six - novelette by Steven Gould Blue Heart - short story by Stephanie A. Smith For No Reason - short story by Patricia Anthony Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus - novelette by Neal Barrett, Jr.

Gerda / Evelyn E. Smith Dragons' teeth / David Drake Two yards of dragon / L. Sprague de Camp A hiss of dragon / Gregory Benford ; Marc Laidlaw The dragon fang possessed by the conjurer Piou-Lu / Fitz-James O'Brien The bully and the beat / Orson Scott Card The king's head and the purple dragon / L. Frank Baum Soft come the dragons / Dean R. Koontz St. Dragon and the George / Gordon R. Dickson John Robert and the dragon's egg / Thomas N. Scortia Demon and demoiselle / Janet Fox Weyr search / Anne McCaffrey

A collection of seventeen science fiction stories by authors including Frederik Pohl, Isaac Asimov, Pamela Sargent, and Octavia E. Butler. The Amber Frog - novelette by Stephanie A. Smith The Anatomy Lesson - short story by Scott Russell Sanders [as by Scott Sanders] The First Day - short story by Art Vesity The Forever Summer - novelette by Ronald Anthony Cross The High Test - short story by Frederik Pohl A Letter from the Clearys - short story by Connie Willis Playing for Keeps - short story by Jack C. Haldeman, II Potential - short story by Isaac Asimov Power Times One - short story by J. Michael Matuszewicz The Random Man - short story by Marc Laidlaw Realtime - novelette by Daniel Keys Moran and Gladys Prebehalla Shrinker - novelette by Pamela Sargent Someone Else's House - short story by Lee Chisholm Speech Sounds - short story by Octavia E. Butler Tank - short story by Francis E. Izzo Things That Go Quack in the Night - short story by Edith Shiner and Lewis Shiner Wet Behind the Ears - short story by Jack C. Haldeman, II