What’s in Issue 174

Novel	Mikhal has the best of two worlds: both youthful and mature love. The worst awaits: Tala Bar, The King’s Daughter, chapter 8: Palti Ben Lyish, part 1; part 2.
Novella	Revenge seems complete, but only two of the friends knew all along what really happened on the haunted island: Jeff Brown, The Diner and That Same Old Feeling Again, part 10; conclusion.
Serial	Sam Sabre and Tabby are taken for a ride by Mr. Manson, Rhino and Dino: Roberto Sanhueza, Sabre Hits and Misses.
Short Stories	If you misbehave in school, you may be made to go sit in a parallel universe: Ian Donnell Arbuckle, A Boy in a Corner with Chalk in His Eyes, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Kenneth C. Eng has a world-weary fellow try on a pair of time-spectacles: Glasses. A super-fan and Bewildering Stories wish Happy Birthday to D. A. Madigan, The Adventures of Supermom. Do you believe in intelligent design? Get a good lawyer! Thomas Lee Joseph Smith, Patent Pending.
Flash Fiction	Byron Bailey gives a whole new meaning to the idea of the Mummy’s Curse. New contributor Carmen Ruggero shows how one writer can bring another a fresh breeze of meaning through The Back Window.
Poetry	Prakash Kona writes an autobiographical poem for his mother: The Singer and Madness of the Song.
Art Gallery	Christine Cartwright, The Neighborhood
Essay	New contributor Seth Mullins outlines the Transformation of the Fantasy Protagonist.

Departments

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Kenneth Eng, Seth Mullins, and Carmen Ruggero.
Challenge	Challenge 174 shows the value of Reading in Circles.
The Reading Room	Jerry Wright reviews Nancy Kress, Nothing Human.
Editorial	Jerry Wright, Do You Mr. Jones?

News Briefs: Reminder: the Year-End Retrospective covers issues 151-175. Readers are invited to send nominations.; Anyone who has not received a reply to mail sent between the middle of September and the middle of October, please inquire or resend.

In issue 175

Novel : Tala Bar, The King’s Daughter, chapter 9 “Death on the Gilbo’a”
Serial : D. A. Madigan, “The Captain and the Queen” parts 1-2
Short Stories: Byron Bailey, “The Apprentice”; Robert M. Blevins, “The Inn Between”; New contributor J. Jameson, “The Mermen”; Robert L. Sellers, Jr., “Ghost Town”; New contributor Willie Smith, “Another Story of the Myth of Eve”
Flash Fiction: Jeff Haas, “Searching for Nada”; Graciela Inés Lorenzo Tillard, “Traveling”
Poetry : Prakash Kona, “In a Language Not Arabic”
Essay : The Moamrath Project, “The Thing in the Trees”
Review : Danielle L. Parker, L. E. Modesitt Jr., Alector’s Choice

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