What’s in Issue 318
| Short Stories |
Forgiving others is easy; forgiving oneself requires outside help: Rob Crandall, All Things Are Possible. Agape is good, crime is bad — except for adepts of the dark side, and even they may succumb to temptation: Bertil Falk, The Apostolic Destruction, part 1; conclusion. A released convict plays a very strange game of poker. The stakes are his soul and an odd body part: Richard K. Lyon, Strangers on the Night Train, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Diana Pollin shows how even so little a thing as shoes may seal the fate of a friendly teacher who’s just a little too set in her ways: The Other Side of 59th Street. Clothes dryers are tidy by nature. Equip one with artificial intelligence and it may even become kindly enough to move heaven and earth for a friend: Catfish Russ, The Favor. Some relationships are just not meant to be, even by the light of the moon: Lewayne L. White, Worlds Apart. |
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| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Brian C. Baer brings robots and people together in a common bond: The Robot Whisperer. It’s never too early to start asking the right questions: Oonah V Joslin, Magical Thinking. |
| Poetry |
Mark Bonica, My Piano Edward C. Doerr, Pallbearer |
| Prose Poetry |
Mel Waldman, Triptych |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Brian C. Baer and Diana Pollin. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 318 Wot Say? |
| Letters | Bertil Falk, The Smorgasbord |
| The Art Gallery |
Carmen Ruggero, Woops; Say Wot! NASA: Picture of the Day |
Bewildering Stories News
Observation Two: Michael E. Lloyd’s Observation Two is now available at Bewildering Press. You can use this link or the cover image link on the home page.
Year’s end: This is the last regular issue of 2008. The Fourth Quarterly Review will appear on December 22; the Annual Review, on December 29. Regular publication will resume with issue 319 on January 5, 2009. Happy Bewildering Holidays, everyone!
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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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