What’s in Issue 340
| Novella | Brian makes a date with Karen. He’s looking forward to it, but with a certain amount of dread: John W. Steele, Beyond the Island, chapter 14; chapter 15. |
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| Serial | Five-year old Bobby continues his odyssey through his night terror. Some real-life issues can be resolved only in nightmares: David Smolenski, You’re a Big Boy Now, part 3; conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
Young Butch hankers for the beauteous Darla. But when he and his friends visit the sinister carnival that has come to their little town, Butch learns a lesson about her, himself, and extremes: Doug Hiser, The Carnival of the Goat Man, part 1; conclusion. Lola the Amazing Tattooed Girl’s secret is not her tattoos; it’s her nature: Stephanie Scarborough, Seaside Sideshow. Paul, a woodsman, is easily cowed by the tyrant Orgin, but Paul discovers in the forest a spirit of resistance: Stuart Sharp, The Woods and a Wedding, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Ella Blackhart relays a letter from Charlotte, who has learned what the Sirens were really like: Sirenum Scopuli. One bratty kid can be a nuisance; but forty-nine of them? Julie Wornan, Information Theory. |
| Poetry | Mary B. McArdle, The Reluctant Astronaut |
| Short Poetry |
Bill Bowler, Reading Carlos Williams Oonah V. Joslin, Days of Damselflies |
| Memoir |
Gabriel Timar, The World is a Jungle Book Three: The Civilized Jungle
After the “violent jungle,” the “civilized jungle” has welcome pleasurable moments: On the High Seas |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Ella Blackhart. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 340 examines The Stuff of Dreams. |
| The Reading Room |
Danielle L. Parker reviews Kelly McCullough, Web Mage |
| The Art Gallery |
A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Earth Observatory 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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