Novelettes
"The Barbie Murders" by John Varley
"The Witches of Manhattan" by L. Sprague de Camp
Short Stories
"The Case of the Defective Doyles" by Martin Gardner
"True Love" by Isaac Asimov
"There Will Be a Sign" by John M. Ford
"Panic" by Stanley Schmidt
"Birthday Party" by Keith Laumer
"A Mother's Heart: A True Bear Story" by Lisa Tuttle
"A Delicate Shade of Kipney" by Nancy Kress
"They'll Do It Every Time" by Cam Thornley
"African Blues" by Paula Smith
"The Thrill of Victory" by Jack C. Haldeman II
Poetry
"Particle Hypothesis Camp" by Lee Russell
"Rejection Slip" by Mark Grenier
Departments
"Editorial" by Isaac Asimov
"Ivory Tower Meets Middle America" by Tony Rothman
"The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss
"On Books" by Charles N. Brown
"Letters"
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January-February 1978, Vol. 2, No. 1
George H. Scithers, editor
Cover art by Paul Alexander
Novelettes
"The Barbie Murders" by John Varley
"The Witches of Manhattan" by L. Sprague de Camp
Short Stories
"The Case of the Defective Doyles" by Martin Gardner
"True Love" by Isaac Asimov
"There Will Be a Sign" by John M. Ford
"Panic" by Stanley Schmidt
"Birthday Party" by Keith Laumer
"A Mother's Heart: A True Bear Story" by Lisa Tuttle
"A Delicate Shade of Kipney" by Nancy Kress
"They'll Do It Every Time" by Cam Thornley
"African Blues" by Paula Smith
"The Thrill of Victory" by Jack C. Haldeman II
Poetry
"Particle Hypothesis Camp" by Lee Russell
"Rejection Slip" by Mark Grenier
Departments
"Editorial" by Isaac Asimov
"Ivory Tower Meets Middle America" by Tony Rothman
"The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss
"On Books" by Charles N. Brown
"Letters"
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January-February 1978, Vol. 2, No. 1
George H. Scithers, editor
Cover art by Paul Alexander