 | Playmate of the Month: Laura Lyons, photographed by Dwight Hooker, centerfold by Mario Casilli Lyon’s Share | Bunny-Playmate Laura Lyons has no intention of letting the world pass her by — so brace yourself, world! |
| Dear Playboy | |
| Playboy After Hours | |
| Selected Short: Oil: The Final Solution, by Robert Sherrill | |
| Selected Short: Home Again, by Craig Vetter | |
| The Playboy Advisor | |
| The Playboy Forum | |
 | Playboy Interview: James Caan | A candid conversation with one of the last incurable romantics about actin’, ropin’ and humpin’ — and about puttin’ women in their place |
 | Fiction: The True American | Not only is there life after death but there is sex, music and soul food, too — a diabolically funny look at a modern inferno by the writer, director and star of “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song,” by Melvin Van Peebles, illustrated by John Schmeltzer |
 | The Sensuous Gift | By which the gifter may ultimately derive more pleasure than the giftee |
 | Article: “I Don’t Make Hocus-Pocus” | An eerie visit with a man whose passport is stamped “clairvoyant,” by Dan Greenburg, illustrated by Eraldo Carugati |
 | Pictorial: Kubrick’s Countess | First Visconti, then Fosse, now Kubrick. Obviously, Marisa Berenson is something special, photographed by Richard Fegley |
 | Article: An American Gestapo | The story of the drug enforcement administration — perhaps the most ruthless and corrupt government agency ever, by Frank Browning, illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft |
 | Modern Living: King of the Hill | Gear to help you feel great at the top of that run. The rest is up to you, photographed by Paul Gremmler |
 | Parody: Gagtime, by David Steinberg and Ziggy Steinberg |
 | Article: Why is a Turnip Like a Free-Lance Writer? | In which our credit-card-carrying author learns what happens when you buy now and can’t pay later, by Craig Vetter, illustrated by Eraldo Carugati |
 | Humor: Playboy’s Party Jokes |
 | Article: Understanding Your Erotic Dreams | How to have them and what to do with them after you’ve had them, by Graham Masterton |
 | Attire: East Meets West | There’s something happening win men’s fashions, and it’s not occidental, by Robert L. Green, photographed by Peter Gert |
 | Fiction: God and the Cobbler | In previous incarnations, they had both committed unspeakable sins, by R.K. Narayan, illustrated by Ignacio Gomez |
 | Humor: Saps in Cinema | You mean you don’t remember James Arness as a giant carrot? Well, here is is, along with a batch of other stars in their most forgettable roles |
 | Pictorial: And Now … Funderwear! | Clearly, one doesn’t have to resort to long johns to warm things up, photographed by Ken Marcus (with Playmates Ann Pennington, Lisa Baker and Nancy Cameron) |
 | Pictorial: The Vargas Girl, by Alberto Vargas |
 | Ribald Classic: The Goldsmith and the Singing Girl | From The Arabian Nights, retold by Jonah Craig, illustrated by Brad Holland |
 | Article: Playboy’s History of Assassination — Part 2: After Lincoln, the Deluge | John Wilkes Booth showed the way and assorted other misfits picked up the gun. Garfield and McKinley died; two Roosevelts survived, by James McKinley |
 | Drink: Winter Wines | Delicious cockle-warmers to get you through those long cold nights, by Emanuel Greenberg, photographed by Pompeo Posar |
 | Personalities: On the Scene (Emmylou Harris, Henry Winkler, Benny Scott) |
 | Playboy Potpourri |
 | Humor: A Heavily Italicized History of Sex, by Arnold Roth (History of Sex, Part 6) |
 Alden Erikson |  Bernard Kliban |  Buck Brown |  Don Madden |
 Edmond Kiraz |  Eldon Dedini |  Francis Wilford Smith |  John Dempsey |
 Phil Interlandi |  Rowland Wilson |  Roy Raymonde |  Michael Ffolkes |
 Doug Sneyd |
 Playboy Book Club ad |  Playboy Club News |  Subscription ad (with Playmate Cyndi Wood) |
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