What’s in Issue 225
| Novel |
Toni is back in Bilbao after completing his intelligence gathering. Paula is fed up with him and his gallivanting. And the Domans are on the prowl again with their interstellar undercover mission: Michael E. Lloyd, Observation Two: Standing Divided
Foreword: the story to date
Chapter 1: Beverly Hills, California Chapter 2: Bilbao, Spain Chapter 3: Conference Room, Mater |
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| Novella | Fat Toe, Mudpuppy and their friends argue apace as the Men in Black take ominous-sounding notes: Luke Jackson, The Spinning Pinwheel Flame War, part 2; part 3, part 4. |
| Serial | Aezubah fulfills a ten-year quest for vengeance. But to what end? Slawomir Rapala, Empty Places, chapter 4: Silent Voices, conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
When a fairy or genie offers you three wishes, first wish for a good lawyer: Gary Inbinder, Three Wishes. Mary B’s astral feet waft her into dreams she wishes for in real life, but the dreams may not all turn out as well as she might like: Marie Lecrivain, On Pointe, Stiletto. After the trial in The Return of Martin Guerre, the prosecutor says, ‘A lie has a thousand faces, the truth has but one’. So it is with a consummately evil actor: Thomas B. White, Morphing Man. |
| Flash Fiction |
What would it take to remake a lover in the image you want? Murder, anyone? O. J. Anderson, Love, Modified. Wherever there are people, there are little furry creatures that have learned to take human antics philosophically: Donna Gagnon, Polar Mouse. New contributor Angela N. Hunt tells why a fortune-teller decides to exercise caution when she can’t tell her own fortune: Fortunes Told While You Wait. |
| Poetry |
Doug Pugh, The Toymaker Chris G. Vaillancourt, A Choir of Loneliness |
| Short Poetry |
Mary B. McArdle, Winter Dawn Thomas B. White, Hell, Cafeteria Style |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Val Bonney and Angela N. Hunt. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 225 asks Say Who? |
| Letters |
Kevin Ahearn writes about Jim Baen’s Universe. Jim Frenkel writes about the Rainbow’s End reviews. E. S. Strout sends a compliment. |
| The Art Gallery |
A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day |
| The Reading Room |
Jerry Wright reviews Dave Duncan, Children of Chaos and John C. Wright, Orphans of Chaos. |
A Bewildering Motto of the Minute:
Our Official Motto:
“Poems are not made with ideas; they are made with words.” — Stéphane Mallarmé
To Bewildering Stories’ schedule: In Times to Come
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