What’s in Issue 153
| Novel | The Galactics are closing in on the refugees from Earth. Romance and vengeance have not yet joined forces with bureaucracy, but when and if they do, the refugees will need all the technology they can muster to remain concealed: euhal allen, The Bridge, III, chapter 2: Planning, part 1; part 2.; part 3. |
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| Novellas |
Tamara Thomson finally comes to terms with Alan. Perhaps she will with Jeremy, as well: Michael J A Tyzuk, Tangled Threads, Tangled Strings, conclusion. Rhiannon is hunted in a frozen land. She plays beach volleyball with her erstwhile enemies. Which will be real? Rachel Parsons, I Still Wake From My Nightmares, part 3. |
| Serial | Jubal and Lola are cruelly forced outside at night to confront their worst fears. Amid the shadows of evil, they relive the story of Hansel and Gretel: Gracie Motley, The Back Yard, part 3; conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Pedro Blas González presents a perplexed anthropologist who gets a new perspective in a night ritual performed by a practitioner of Santería : Iwayu, part 1; conclusion. Little Jessie is too young yet to understand, but her Dad and, especially, Mum are not what they seem to be: Gillian Marshall, Bed Bugs. In a world of black-market transplants and illegal gambling, the stakes of a poker game may be literally an eye for an eye: Roberto Sanhueza, For Your Eyes Only, part 1; conclusion. |
| Essays |
‘Personal predilections are objectively reconcilable with demands of narration. The most unexciting story is a performance’: Prakash Kona, Nameless in a Faceless City, conclusion. Prohibition incited revolt: organized crime and the smuggling of alcohol. What might the prohibition of ideas lead to? Steven Utley, Psychoanalysis in America: the Violent Years. |
| Interview | Bewildering Stories interviews veteran contributor Ásgrímur Hartmannsson. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Pedro Blas González. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 153 takes a look Around the Merry Magic-Go-Round. |
| The Reading Room |
Danielle L. Parker reviews Fred Saberhagen’s Rogue Berserker. Jerry Wright reviews Ray Cattie’s Ard Righ. |
| Bewildering Editorials |
Publisher Jerry Wright starts Frothing at the Mouth when he looks at the state of the U.S. educational system. Don Webb replies: The Door the Devil Walks Through. |
In Times to Come
In issue 154
- Novels:
- euhal allen, The Bridge, III chapter 3 “Trials”
- Roberto Sanhueza, Katts & Dawgs “Kannis”
- Novella: Rachel Parsons, “I Still Wake From My Nightmares” parts 4-5
- Short Stories:
- New contributor Francisco Ruíz Fernandez, “Strange Farewell”
- New contributor Hope Hammond, “Death at White Oaks”
- Lewayne L. White, “Stick Shift”
- New contributor Hope Hammond, “Death at White Oaks”
- Flash fiction: New contributor Elizabeth Alexander, “River’s Daughter”
- Poetry: Thomas D. Reynolds, “Promotion”
- Essays:
- Prakash Kona, “A Dreamer of the Other World”
- Steven Utley, “Another Golden Opportunity Frittered Away”
- Interview: Bewildering Stories interviews Tala Bar
- Book review: Danielle L. Parker reviews Lynne Truss’s Eats, Shoots, and Leaves
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