What’s in Issue 287

Novel	Slawomir Rapala, The Three Kings Aezubah sets sail for Tha-ka with an army bent on vengeance. Meanwhile, Iskald lapses into despair aboard the slave ship. Chapter III: End of Days, part 5 Chapter IV: Empty Heaven, part 1
Novella	Bertil Falk, Eucharist for a Sinless Mankind Teresia Nightmare dispatches Xavier Pascal to retrieve the convent-monastery. Meanwhile, Mother Saulcerite and Brother Collectus teleport to Betelgeuse, where they establish contact with the sentient yet sinless ones: Chapter 2: The Not-Sinning Ones, part 3; part 4.
Serial	New contributor Fred Ollinger introduces Beverly, a worker in the virtual sex trade. That might seem to be the last place to find love, but it may hold surprises: The Brummagem Clan Ablated, part 1; part 2.
Short Stories	An ill-prepared platoon of soldiers lands on an alien planet with the mission of capturing a faerie deer protected by zombies. The deer has still other defenses of its own: John Drake, The Deer Hunt. New contributor Graeme S. Houston sends forth an interstellar colony ship with passengers in frozen sleep. The forty-year trip is relatively easy, but a long reconnaissance mission spells disaster for its lone scout: Don’t Forget Your Dreams Between the Stars, part 1; conclusion. ‘You’d like to be immortal? What would you do with forever, man? If you had forever you’d be too tired to stand. You don’t want to go on forever, you want to live an eternity in the now’: Shannon J. Prince, AIDS and the Muse, Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4, conclusion.
Flash Fiction	Hunger incites to bravery: R D Larson, Night Stalker. The feigned innocence of the 1950’s covered bubbling cauldrons of passion — barely: Julie E. Painter, The Red Dress. New contributor Alison M. Pearce introduces a hunter who has, unawares, captured her prey: Serena. Some people are so desperate for a fountain of youth that they’ll take anything literally: Tim Simmons, In the Blood.
Poetry	Anna Ruiz, I’m Truly Sorry Mel Waldman, A Lover Lost
Short Poetry	Michael Lee Johnson, Rainbow in April John Stocks, Initiation
Essay	New contributor Mark Murdock, a fan of Tolkien’s epic, examines Analogical Meaning in Lord of the Rings, part 1.

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Graeme S. Houston, Mark Murdock, Fred Ollinger, and Alison M. Pearce.
Challenge	Challenge 287 does a double-take On Second Bite....
Contest 4	Gary Inbinder, Hills Like Puce Puppies
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day

Randomly selected Bewildering motto:

Randomly selected classic rejection notice:

Bewildering Stories’ official mottoes:

“Poems are not made with ideas; they are made with words.” — Stéphane Mallarmé
Ars longa, vita brevis. Rough translation: “Proofreading never ends.”

To Bewildering Stories’ schedule: In Times to Come

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