What’s in Issue 221
| Contest |
Bewildering Stories’ Contest 3, “Strange Places”: |
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| Novel | In mid-Pacific, Bernard Gilboy meets creatures edible or friendly or threatening, but his most fearsome foe will be the sea itself: Sam Ivey, Gilboy’s Quest, Chapter V: Capsized, part 1; part 2; part 3; part 4. |
| Novella | The Candyman is not exactly what Razor and Kate expected, and their search will widen: O. J. Anderson, Razor Burn, chapter 11, chapters 12-13; chapter 14. |
| Serial | Aezubah is not the hero of previous episodes. His career is only beginning to take shape, and an unintended consequence will give it an irrevocably tragic turn: Slawomir Rapala, The Spear of Destiny, chapter 4; chapter 5. |
| Short Stories |
Diana is unwittingly on a two-thousand year quest for the origin of a disease and the identity of Rosalita: Colin P. Davies & David Redd, A Divine Madness, part 1; part 2; part 3; part 4; conclusion. Gary Inbinder depicts Denise, who expects more from her affair with Steve than he’s able to give. That’s dangerous, and she’s ready To Raise a Storm. Catfish Russ shows us the fate of Sergeant ‘Dobble’, a Marine trapped in Iraq and Reawaiting Orders. One might live a long time on tofu and power drinks enforced by a Big Brother society, if you want to call that living: E. S. Strout, Crash Diet. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor John Allen hints at a larger story in The Fence at Jacob’s Farm. New contributor Darin C. Bradley updates the 19th-century Luddites to the future — and the Wild West — in The Caprock Resistance. |
| Poetry |
Rebecca Lu Kiernan, Rummy Park, Forget Winter Doug Pugh, Now and Then New contributor Chris G. Vaillancourt, Drop by Drop |
| Prose Poetry |
New contributor Marie Lecrivain, A Gargoyle on Tuesday |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes John Allen, Darin C. Bradley, Marie Lecrivain, and Chris G. Vaillancourt. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 221 says that sometimes it’s a safer bet not to Double Down. |
| The Art Gallery |
NASA: Picture of the Day |
| The Reading Room |
Danielle L. Parker reviews Sharon Weinberger, Imaginary Weapons |
| Editorial |
Don Webb, The Beat Goes On Jerry Wright, On Being a Clone |
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