What’s in Issue 223
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Bewildering Stories congratulates the winners
in Contest 3 “Strange Places”
And Bewildering Stories thanks all the participants for a fine contest!
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| Novel | The Pacific capsized and was righted only by Gilboy’s desperate efforts. His quest has now become a struggle against starvation, and he is lost in mid-ocean: Sam Ivey, Gilboy’s Quest, Chapter VII: Quest’s End, part 1; part 2; part 3; part 4. |
| Novella | Kate has been kidnapped and booby-trapped; Razor is coming to her rescue but is inconveniently surrounded by forces armed to the teeth and out to stop him: O. J. Anderson, Razor Burn, chapter 20, chapter 21; chapters 22-23, conclusion. |
| Serial | Horn-helmeted Vikings hover worriedly over their battered leader Aezubah. They fear that the Sorcerer and his inhuman acolytes will find them soon: Slawomir Rapala, Empty Places, chapter 1: “Awakening.” |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Robert Barlow depicts the havoc computer bugs can wreak in a program and a programmer: Crawling, part 1; conclusion. Is an android mate only as good as her partner — or only as bad? Bill Bowler, Andrea, part 1; conclusion. On a windswept bridge, a bereft lover laments the collapse of a bridge between cultures: Doug Pugh, A Bridge of Sighs. What kind of world is it where one tribe can have only sons and another, only daughters; and where the two tribes are separated by a highway crowded with monstrous machines? Roberto Sanhueza, The Runway. Frank does not like Tom’s tearing down his advertising. Frank is big and strong. And he’ll be here at high noon: Thomas Lee Joseph Smith, Hello, Noon. |
| Flash Fiction |
Where do characters go when you close a book or click off a page? Might they not have feelings and appreciate those who love them? Christopher Stires, The Last Gathering. |
| Poetry |
Rebecca Lu Kiernan, Rummy Park : If Anything Changes Chris G. Vaillancourt, Sometimes Sunshine Streams Through the Windows |
| Short Poetry |
Caroline Davies, Under the Waterfall |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Robert Barlow. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 223 warns beware of Dangerous Crossings. |
| The Art Gallery |
NASA: Picture of the Day |
| The Reading Room |
Danielle L. Parker reviews Steven Brust, Dzur. Christopher Stires reviews Robert Schwentke, dir., Flightplan (film) Jerry Wright reviews . |
| Editorial | Jerry Wright, Running on Empty |
Bewildering Stories News
Contest 3: On behalf of all of the Bewildering Stories community — the contributors, readers and editors — Ye Copy Editor congratulates Clyde Andrews for originating the idea and managing the contest so successfully. Clyde, ol’ matey, it’s a pleasure working with you!
A Bewildering Motto of the Minute:
Our Official Motto:
“Poems are not made with ideas; they are made with words.” — Stéphane Mallarmé
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Copyright © November 27, 2006 by Bewildering Stories
