What’s in Issue 344

Novel	George Pike has been shot dead, or so it seems. His afterlife has some agreeable amenities, but it also seems to be dominated by competing corporate empires. The least confining has the ominous name of Hades, Ltd.: Gabriel S. Timar, The Hades Connection, chapter 1, part 1, part 2; chapter 2
Novella	Brian and Karen seem to be converging at the level of dreams. Lord Max Nagual shows his face to Brian for the first time: John W. Steele, Beyond the Island, chapter 22; chapter 23.
Serial	New contributor James C. G. Shirk introduces Molly, a little girl who has the magical ability to make plants grow. But Molly’s paranormal talent is unique, and that causes problems: Green Thumb, part 1; part 2.
Short Stories	An old mansion, a prospective couple, and fine fashions from 1910. The mystery is a missing necklace: Mary B. McArdle, Vintage Fashions, part 1; part 2; conclusion. What were the flying saucers, anyway? General Frederick Clark reveals that everything you’ve ever heard about them is true — as well as anything you may not yet have heard — from Abductions to Zeta Trianguli: Catfish Russ, The Bitter Truth About Flying Saucers, part 1; conclusion. A mobile home that runs like a chicken? You would have had to be there: Tamara Sheehan, Us, and the World.
Flash Fiction	New contributor L. J. Geoffrion implies that people may be more than they seem in the middle of the night at the Rehab Center, Third Shift. What’s the old saying about academic politics? It’s so bitter because the stakes are so small: Oonah V. Joslin, Pure Research.
Short Poetry	Francine Schwartz, When I Was a Fish Jennifer Stakes, Chess
Essay	Thomas R. Willits reviews film and TV remakes and thematic series. Who’s your favorite James Bond? To Reboot or Not to Reboot? part 1; conclusion.

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes L. J. Geoffrion and James C. G. Shirk.
Challenge	Challenge 344 savors Ice Cream at the Witching Hour.
The Reading Room	Danielle L. Parker reviews Michelle Sagara, Cast in Shadow
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:

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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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