What’s in Issue 224
| Novel | Bernard Gilboy is home from the sea, changed and yet unchanged. San Francisco and the sea call him back inexorably to his destiny: Sam Ivey, Gilboy’s Quest; Epilogue: The Healing and the Hunger, part 1; conclusion. |
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| Novella | Times may change, but some things don’t, such as discussion-group arguments: Luke Jackson, The Spinning Pinwheel Flame War, part 1. |
| Serial | Aezubah must make a long, hard trek and battle the Sorcerer’s fearsome bodyguards to accomplish his ultimate mission of vengeance: Slawomir Rapala, Empty Places; Chapter 2: Into the Mountain Ambush, part 1; part 2; Chapter 3: In the Empty Places. |
| Short Stories |
Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to overpower an armored robot run amok and rescue the person held captive inside it: O. J. Anderson, Two Times the Killin’, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Patrick Dent creates a new old saying, ‘Lie in haste, lie forever’: A Lie — the Ultimate Marriage. In the ultimately secure society, peaceful citizens must revolt simply to live: Mark Eller, The Price of Her Pride, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Val Bonney demonstrates how the apparently worthless can be quite valuable: Bag Lady. New contributor James Swingle depicts relationships in terms of altitude as well as attitude: Picking Up a Seventeen-Foot Tall Woman. |
| Poetry |
Doug Pugh, The Tale of Fluting Joe, part 1; conclusion Anna Ruiz, It’s All About |
| Short Poetry |
Agnes Blom, Harmony; Quiet Moment Carmen Ruggero, In the Blink of an Eye |
| Article | Stendhal was right: talking politics in a novel is like shooting off a gun in a concert. Here’s why: Bill Bowler, Science-Fictional Politics, II: S. F. Murphy’s “Sharpshooter.” |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Patrick Dent and James Swingle. |
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| Challenge | You’ll take Challenge 224 Because It’s There. |
| Letters | Kevin Ahearn sends Good Wishes to Bewildering Press. |
| The Art Gallery |
NASA, Picture of the Day |
| The Reading Room |
Danielle L. Parker reviews Jim Butcher, Dead Beat. Christopher Stires reviews Robert Rodriguez, dir., Sin City (film). Don Webb reviews Charles Sheffield & Jerry Pournelle, Higher Education. |
| Editorial | Jerry Wright, Running On Fumes |
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“Poems are not made with ideas; they are made with words.” — Stéphane Mallarmé
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