Novella
"Sudden, Broken, and Unexpected" by Steven Popkes
Novelette
"The Waves" by Ken Liu
Short Stories
"The Caramel Forest" by Chris Beckett
"The Wizard of West 34th Street" by Mike Resnick
"The Black Feminist's Guide to Science Fiction Film Editing" by Sandra McDonald
"The Pipes of Pan" by Robert Reed
Poetry
"Golden People" by Bruce Boston
"Flower Power" by Karin L. Frank
"Your Clone Returns Home" by Robert Frazier
Departments
"Editorial: Merry Armageddon" by Sheila Williams
"Reflections: Libraries" by Robert Silverberg
"On Books" by Peter Heck
"SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss
Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2012, Vol. 36, No. 12
Sheila Williams, editor
Cover art by Laura Diehl
Novella
"Sudden, Broken, and Unexpected" by Steven Popkes
Novelette
"The Waves" by Ken Liu
Short Stories
"The Caramel Forest" by Chris Beckett
"The Wizard of West 34th Street" by Mike Resnick
"The Black Feminist's Guide to Science Fiction Film Editing" by Sandra McDonald
"The Pipes of Pan" by Robert Reed
Poetry
"Golden People" by Bruce Boston
"Flower Power" by Karin L. Frank
"Your Clone Returns Home" by Robert Frazier
Departments
"Editorial: Merry Armageddon" by Sheila Williams
"Reflections: Libraries" by Robert Silverberg
"On Books" by Peter Heck
"SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss
Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2012, Vol. 36, No. 12
Sheila Williams, editor
Cover art by Laura Diehl