What’s in Issue 320
| Novel |
Richard K. Lyon, The Long Dark Road to Wizardry Druin is one unarmed man against three shiploads of barbarians. And he must rescue his fiancée unharmed. |
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| Novella |
Tala Bar, Lunari
The marooned interstellar colonists begin to explore their new planet. Lilit recommends that they rely on the Incentive’s hitherto enigmatic computer.
Chapter 2: The Planet, part 1; part 2 |
| Serial | Audinita comes to a bleak realization about herself. She’s not only in a dead-end job, she’s in a dead-end life: Sally K. Lehman, Small Minutes, part 3; conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Will Endres Jr. introduces Derek, a drug-ridden villain speeding away in his car to the Devil knows where: Hell Camino. One can always count on a cat to come home, however long it may take: Mary King, Cleetus. What does it profit a farmer to sell his land and lose its soul? Dwight Krauss, The Absence of Land. New contributor Robert N. Stephenson puts a strange new birth at the center of a rebellion against space-alien exploitation: The Takers, part 1; part 2; conclusion. Norman Whipple is tormented by what he sees as his coreligionists’ hypocrisy, and he bears out the meaning of the ancient injunction ‘Judge not, lest you be judged...’: John W. Steele, The Bells of St. Michael’s, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Brian George gives a dark glimpse of a cultural and generational gap: My Son Skates By. New contributor Robert Owen shows how precognition can take bizarre turns on the way to happiness: A Love Story in Five Minutes. |
| Poetry | Mark Bonica, Dream Lovers |
| Short Poetry |
Anna Ruiz, Blank Canvas |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Will Endres, Jr., Brian George, and Robert N. Stephenson. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 320 conjugates a verb from Rabelais: Trinc, Tranc, Trunc. Challenge 320 Response: John W. Steele discusses Norman’s Choice. |
| The Art Gallery |
Deep Bora, Shimla NASA: Picture of the Day Earth Observatory Picture of the Day |
| The Reading Room |
Danielle L. Parker reviews Jonathan Barnes, The Somnambulist |
| Editorial | Don Webb, “To Be” and Not ‘To be’ |
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“Poems are not made with ideas; they are made with words.” — Stéphane Mallarmé
Ars longa, vita brevis. Rough translation: “Proofreading never ends.”
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