Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2004

A couple of good stories (Chicken Soup, Collateral Damage, Following Orders) in this collection, otherwise not noteworthy.

• Novelette: A Hint of Jasmine, by Richard Parks - Good story about ghosts inhabiting an old Civil War house.
• The Gods of a Lesser Creation, by William Barton - Incomprehensible stupid story about manufactured life.
• Following Orders, by R Neube - Good story about a war criminal.
• Moon Wolf, by Tanith Lee - Incomprehensible story about crazy moon werewolves.
• Collateral Damage, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch - A good old story about The Man Who Teaches War to Children. This is the kind of story in the grand tradition of Golden Age science fiction.
• Transplant, by Jack Skillingstead - So-so story of a man cursed with immortality.
• The Guardian, by Meredith Simmons - Good story of a primitive island tribe who believe their island is the only one in the world.
• Yard Sale, by Kit Reed - After their father's death, sisters try to sell their dad's junk and escape from the memories of life with him.
• Chicken Soup for Mars and Venus, by Matthew Jarpe - Great story. Attacked by space pirates en route to Mars!!!