What’s in Issue 207

Novella	Cat Daniels accidentally drops a clue, and the whole mystery begins to unravel on a dark and stormy Halloween night: Jeani Rector, The Unmarked Grave, chapter 9; chapter 10; conclusion.
Short Stories	What if self-styled ‘advanced civilizations’ look upon others as a kind of cosmic ‘slush pile’ and won’t give your civilization the time of day? Do like Bewildering Stories and build your own! Jörn Grote, Getting Attention. New contributor Laurel Hickey notes that we are our memories. What if we were everyone’s memories? Leaves of Glass. A witch’s victim brews a cup of comeuppance: Sean Hower, Over a Cup of Coffee. When space aliens conquer Earth, they can be resisted — unless the occupiers use the most horrific weapon imaginable: Harry Lang, The Good Doctor. An elderly couple head for retirement on Mars and for the first time, it seems, really begin to talk to each another: Michael Mathews, The Snowbirds. It’s said that you know you’re old when you feel like you’re having breakfast every fifteen minutes. Beware, then, of exploring a planet where time moves a lot faster than that: Geoff Nelder, What Kept You? part 1; conclusion. A Russian gentleman and his dog lead a secret life: Mark Spencer, The Gentleman with the Dog.
Flash Fiction	New contributor J. Marcus Weekley has Tom offer Chrissy a penny for her thoughts. Who has cash surrealistic enough to pay Tom for his? Escaping Intact.
Memoir	Fate can be cruel, especially to the young, and yet some may be fortunate enough to escape it — before they are ‘disappeared’: Carmen Ruggero, Last Tango on a Wintry Day, part 1; conclusion.
Poetry	Anna Ruiz, Finished Yet? New contributor Sharon M. White, Birth of Man
Short Poetry	New contributor Christine Bruness, haiku New contributor Samantha Enns, Coincide

Departments

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Christine Bruness, Samantha Enns, Laurel Hickey, J. Marcus Weekley, and Sharon M. White.
Discussion	euhal allen, Jerry Wright and Don Webb discuss Heinlein’s Characters.
The Critics’ Corner	An explication of Doug Pugh’s “Clocktower Winds”
Challenge	Challenge 207 listens and looks: Sights and Sounds.
The Art Gallery	Christine Bruness, Water Fairy; Electric Love
The Reading Room	Clyde Andrews reviews Marie Brennan, Doppelganger. Jerry Wright reviews Karl Schroeder, Lady of Mazes.
Editorial	Jerry Wright, Out of Time and Space

Bewildering Stories Note

Art Gallery: Please note that the Art Gallery is different in this issue: it has an acrylic painting and a collage by new contributor Christine Bruness.

Who is this esteemed contributor
to Bewildering Stories?

They’re here in a flash.

Gloria Watts
Tomi Shaw

To Bewildering Stories’ schedule:
In Times to Come

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