For 24 years, Tales of the Unanticipated has provided the highest quality and the widest range of subject and tone in speculative fiction, poetry, and artwork. In TOTU #30 , Australian author Stephen Dedman explores the kerfuffle caused by a returning space probe. A warm tale by Eleanor Arnason relates the reflections of a homeless teddy bear. Barbara Rosen introduces us to a cat with a very special talent, while Catherine Lundoff offers a mysterious Egyptian cat sculpture. Terry Faust and Martha A. Hood serve up two very different looks at what happens when a deity drops by for an extended stay. Patricia S. Bowne examines the politics surrounding wood nymphs, while Jason Sanford tells A Twenty-First Century Fairy Love Story. Canadian Sarah Totton writes about vodka, pumice, and fire-breathing chartered accountants. And many more surprises. TOTU #30 includes a prose poem by Ann Peters and Ellen Kuhfeld inspired by the Babylonian Enuma Elish, and poetry by Ruth Berman, Ann K. Schwader, P M F Johnson, KC Wilder, G.O. Clark, and others. Illustrated by Rodger Gerberding, Margaret Ballif Simon, Georgie Schnobrich, Barbara Rosen, and featured artist, Jules Hart.