Join science fiction luminaries Connie Willis, Tanith Lee, Kristine Karthryn Rusch, and more as they explore out-of-this-world moms and stellar parent-child relations in this unique collection from the award-winning pages of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. 1 • Even the Queen • (1992) • shortstory by Connie Willis 23 • Lovestory • (1998) • novelette by James Patrick Kelly 49 • Jenny • (1993) • novelette by Melanie Tem 74 • A Touch of Lavender • (1989) • novella by Megan Lindholm 127 • Tiger I • (1995) • shortstory by Tanith Lee 143 • Bibi • (1995) • novella by Mike Resnick and Susan Shwartz 200 • Reflections on Life and Death • (1998) • shortstory by Kristine Kathryn Rusch 218 • Nine-Tenths of the Law • (1991) • shortstory by Susan Casper (aka Nine Tenths of the Law) 226 • Mrs. Lincoln's China • (1994) • shortstory by M. Shayne Bell