What’s in Issue 185

Best wishes for a happily Bewildering Valentine’s Day.

Contest	*The Second Bewildering Stories* Contest** to Information and Rules \| to the Contest index
Novels	Young Billy Sims is doing the “pushing,” but adults are very slow to set “limits”: Bonnie Gibson, Pushed to the Limit, part 7. New contributor Jack Alcott begins a historical novel based on unknown events in Edgar Allan Poe’s mysterious six-month career as a cadet at the U.S. military academy at West Point: Grim Legion, part 1; part 2; part 3.
Short Stories	What’s wrong with immortality? Here’s what: Oscar Deadwood, After the Fall of Love. Which is better: to tell a mismatched couple to call the whole thing off or to encourage them to make their relationship work? Kenneth Nichols, Love-Line. Poor Rhiannon shivers in an unseasonable snowstorm while trying to convince Rosalyn to stop giving an old friend the cold shoulder: Rachel Parsons, As I See the Snow Melting, part 1; conclusion. Amid the polar ice, the last sailor of a lost ship recalls a vision of ineffable beauty and love: Slawomir Rapala, Atlantis, Atlantis! Why does Homer Twistle really murder his wife? Norman A. Rubin, Pardon My Murder. Lake Shiriki has acquired the power of the First Nations’ coyote spirit: Thomas R. Willits, Splashes, part 1; part 2; conclusion.
Flash Fiction	After a hard day of firing people, working at home can almost ruin a couple’s plans for a restful evening: Jon Bishop, Working Overtime.
Poetry	In many different ways — with flowers, realism, the future, and a surprise ending — the poems complete this issue’s Valentine’s Day theme. Rebecca Lu Kiernan, You in the Future Mary B. McArdle, Subdivision Carmen Ruggero, Forever Jasmine ; Quilt of Deception ; Sweet Petunias — Bitter Lemons New contributor Vishal Thapar tells a story in verse: The Corridor on the 6th Floor.
Essay	Okay, so you can’t go to Mongolia and look for dinosaur fossils. Cheer up, there’s no telling what else you might discover: Steven Utley, The Autobiography of an Autodidact.

Departments

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Jack Alcott and Vishal Thapar.
Challenge	Challenge 185 brings you Valentine’s Day Presence.
Letters	Michael J A Tyzuk writes about Trades Education.
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art
The Reading Room	Michael E. Lloyd reviews Cyrano de Bergerac, The Other World. Jerry Wright reviews Chris Dolley, Resonance.
Editorial	Jerry Wright, Education Revisited

Bewildering Stories News

In print: Danielle L. Parker’s “A Dream Within” is the lead story in the anthology Beacons of Tomorrow, from Tyrannosaurus Press. Congratulations, Danielle, and best of luck with your novels.

Thanks: We’re especially grateful to Carmen Ruggero for the long hours of editorial work and sage advice she provided in preparing this issue.

Our thanks also to Mike Lloyd for double-checking the links. That’s a necessary job; like proofreading, it never seems to end! And no, Mike did not get paid a princely sum — though his novel Observation One deserves it — for his review in this issue. He wrote that out of knowledge, enthusiasm, and the goodness of his heart. Thank you, Mike.

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