Among thieves / Poul Anderson -- Second variety / Philip K. Dick -- Hero / Joe W. Haldeman -- Superiority / Arthur C. Clarke -- Ender's game / Orson Scott Card -- Hangman / David Drake -- The last article / Harry Turtledove -- The game of rat and dragon / Cordwainer Smith -- Night of the vampyres / George R.R. Martin -- To the storming gulf / Gregory Benford -- Wolf time / Walter Jon Williams -- The scapegoat / C.J. Cherryh -- Dragonrider / Anne McCaffrey.