What’s in Issue 236

Novel	Michael E. Lloyd, Observation Two: Standing Divided Chapter 24: The Bridge, part 1 — Kristy and Raymond do their best to persuade the financiers to see sense, and the junior team is coming together again. Chapter 24: part 2 — There’s time for a little breather while bigger games are played out. Maelene and Toni are just happy to be reunited, but Salvatore is brimming with incautious ideas. Chapter 25: Plane Sailing, part 1 — Salvatore takes Toni on the trip of a lifetime.
Serials	Princess Rhiannon finally makes a powerful noble turn his attention to business, but Rhiannon needs Rosalyn, who is unaccountably missing: Rachel Parsons, The Year of the Dead Rose, chapter 2; chapter 3; chapter 4. New contributor Luke Boyd introduces a policeman whose life seems to be winding down in an inextricable tangle of Apparitions, part 1; part 2; part 3.
Short Stories	‘Follow mother and learn all there is to know of toxin and despair’: Byron Bailey, The Stinging, part 1; conclusion. Can crime be made to pay by manipulating Mother Nature? B J Bourg, Bear Illegal. Stryker the dragon flies off to see what’s up with human intruders and maybe have a little fun: Crystalwizard, Stryker’s Tail. New contributor Eric J Kregel introduces a clairvoyant who can tell us exactly what is The Trouble with Sitting, part 1; conclusion.
Flash Fiction	The next time you get lost in the jungle, make sure to take your calorie guide along: Katherine Allen, For Want of a Mango. A little boy takes a subway to a place where his religious tokens will be of no use to him: Germán Amatto, Cardboard Heart — Spanish original: Corazón de cartulina. New contributor Karen Bradley shows what happens when Heaven experiences A Breach in Interdimensional Security.
Poetry	Michael Lee Johnson, In This Place, Poverty Falls Mary B. McArdle, Ribbons
Short Poetry	Anna Ruiz, The Three Bears
Prose Poetry	New contributor Jean-Michel Calvez, Afterland — French original: Afterland

Departments

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Luke Boyd, Karen Bradley, Jean-Michel Calvez, and Eric J Kregel.
Review Essay	Donald Schneider reviews Carmen Ruggero’s “Last Tango on a Wintry Day”
Challenge	Challenge 236 examines comedy and tragedy At Winter’s End. Challenge Contest: The Mad Store Scene
Letters	David Ford praises Crystalwizard’s Wizard’s Bane. Carmen Ruggero responds concerning “Martin Fierro”
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day

Randomly selected Bewildering motto:

Randomly selected classic rejection notice:

Bewildering Stories’ official mottoes:

“Poems are not made with ideas; they are made with words.” — Stéphane Mallarmé
Ars longa, vita brevis. Rough translation: “Proofreading never ends.”

To Bewildering Stories’ schedule: In Times to Come

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