What’s in Issue 251

Novella	Bob Brill, Adventures of a Botanist Dr. Doolittle could walk and talk with the animals, but what might plants have to say to us? Perhaps they have not only minds of their own but intentions and plans we really ought to discuss with them... Chapter 1: X Eats Y, part 1; part 2
Serials	New contributor Fahim Farook stages a comic intrigue in a virtual environment: The Wyrm’s Lair, part 1; part 2. New contributor Ranvir Singh Parmar opens with a kind of comic nightmare scenario: a husband caught in a compromising tête-à-tête with another woman; but it quickly leads to depths of memory: Creepers and Grapevines, chapter 1.
Short Stories	Dean Francis Alfar presents a true fable in a modern style, where a spider family is rent by dissent with tradition: Into the Morning New contributor Joshua Babcock poses an epic battle with those who would make time stand still: The Tome of the Time-Siege, part 1; conclusion. A simple case of murder? No, in these cases, nothing is ever simple: B J Bourg, Smells Like Rain. New contributor Olga Godim introduces us to a lad with paranormal powers in a coming of age story: Kyrill’s Wishes, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Timothy Hollinger wonders how disregard for trees might affect the elder gods: Yggdrasil.
Flash Fiction	New contributor Glenn Gray rings a change on alien shape-shifters. What if they really hadn’t much of a clue what shapes to shift to? A Day in the Cornfield.
Poetry	Bill Bowler, Speaking in Tongues
Short Poetry	New contributor Arnold Hollander, Nuclear Midnight John Stocks, St Paul’s Café

Departments

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Joshua Babcock, Fahim Farook, Olga Godim, Glenn Gray, and Ranvir Singh Parmar
Special Challenge	Of Cabbages and Things Cyrano de Bergerac, The Other World, episode 28: Go to the Cabbage, and Be Wise
Challenge	Challenge 251: Out Where the Short Corn Grows
Letters	Bertil Falk, A Surprise Nomination John Stocks, A Poetry Landmark
The Art Gallery	Photo Album: New contributor George Georgoulas, Amethyst Blossom NASA: Picture of the Day
Film Review	Steven Utley reviews 20 Million Miles to Earth

Randomly selected Bewildering motto:

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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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