This lovely cover comes from Esli, the Russian version of If. Inside, if you can read Russian, you’ll find a number of excellent stories. How do I know? I read them in English. Not all of them, mind you, but several of the stories come from U.S. venues. The rest, as far as I can tell (and I don’t read [much] Russian [just my name, really]), are from Russian authors.

The reason I have a copy is because my story, “Recovering Apollo 8,” is the final story in the issue. I’ve had a number of stories in Esli and they’ve always treated me well, and done a lovely job with the story–or the art, at least. And it is a beautiful magazine.