title: The Disappearing Dwarf
author:  James P. Blaylock 
description: Life as a man of leisure was becoming a bit dull for Jonathan Bing, Master Cheeser, so he welcomed Professor Wurzle's invitation to visit the empty castle of Selznak, the Evil Dwarf. There they chanced upon a treasure map. Soon Jonathan, his wonderpooch Ahab, the Professor ad Miles the magician set off by boat for the location of the treasure - the unknown city called Landsend. But between them and their goal lay the Case of the Missing Squire, the Attack of the Headless Oarsmen, a mysterious witch, some evil goblins - and the Secret of the Purloined Globe.
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  # **Cathouse**
  
  ### **by Dean Ing**
  
  Sampling war's minor ironies: Locklear knew so little about the _Weasel_ or
  wartime alarms, he thought the klaxon was hooting for planetfall. That is why,
  when the _Weasel_ winked into normal space near that lurking kzin warship,
  little Locklear would soon be her only survivor. The second irony was that,
  while the Interworld Commission's last bulletin had announced sporadic new
  outbursts of kzin hostility, Locklear was the only civilian on the _Weasel_
  who had never thought of himself as a warrior and did not intend to become
  one.
  
  Moments after the _Weasel_ 's intercom announced completion of their jump,
  Locklear was steadying himself next to his berth, waiting for the ship's
  gravity-polarizer to kick in and swallowing hard because, like ancient French
  wines, he traveled poorly. He watched with envy as Herrera, the hairless,
  whipcord-mus