What’s in Issue 129

Novels	Andina travels to meet Palance. The countryside is beautiful, but it’s a dangerous place for a rest stop: Julian Lawler, Battle Seer, chapter 9: The Hills of Fae, part 1. Michael E. Lloyd, Observation One: Singing of promises : ‘Toni’s got the police on his tail once more, but he’s still being rather careless’, chapter 9 Rome, Italy, part 3. ‘Don Terleone gives Quo and Carla what they need, but once again things are not going according to plan’, chapter 10 Collection Sphere.
Novella	Martin is reunited with Michelle... in a dungeon. Now their dreaded nemesis, Booth, has them both in his clutches: Michael J A Tyzuk, Through a Glass, Darkly, part 7.
Serial	Professor Scott wanted only to be an unnoticed bystander at the celebration of India’s independence. Through a quirk in time travel he performs a deed of heroism for both India and Great Britain: Saurbh Katyal, The Colors of Time, conclusion.
Short Stories	Jörn Grote looks with a new and poignant point of view at the hallowed theme of terraforming other worlds. It will be what the inhabitants think it is: The Green Fields of Mars. The prime directive of time travelers is “Don’t get noticed.” Vera Searles adds a humorously wise corollary: Don’t get blasé about it, either! The Glass Head.
Poetry	The Silk Road has the romance of time and distance. What do our roads have? Ian Donnell Arbuckle, Elevators, Escalators, All the Travel Automators.
Art	Claudio Parentela draws a portrait fitting for Year’s End, 2004: Angoscia.

Departments

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Julian Lawler III and Vera Searles.
Challenge	Challenge 129 shifts gears: Disengaged, Re-engaged.
Letters	R D Larson writes about an award nomination.
Film Review	Michael J A Tyzuk reviews Strange Days.
The Reading Room	Jerry Wright reviews Steven R. Donaldson’s The Runes of the Earth.
Editorial	In Memoriam--Frank Kelly Freas

In Times to Come

Claudio Parentela is back with five new portraits. We’ve chosen “Art 855” especially for this issue and given it a title that seems appropriate to the times.

We’ll also be welcoming several new contributors in the coming weeks. Make it a resolution to hang on tight with Bewildering Stories in the New Year!

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