What’s in Issue 277
| Novel |
Crystalwizard, Spellbound Lynda misses Jason, especially when the evil wizard Darnell comes to pay his disrespects: |
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| Novella |
Bertil Falk, Under the Green Sun of Slormor Between sand and sky, Nameless and Parvrin continue their odyssey: |
| Serial | Jack Creed and his squad rock-climb to the eyrie of the World Order, and they’re not even being shot at... yet: O. J. Anderson, Dead Wrong, part 3; part 4; part 5. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor John Birge shows slaves caught in the rivalry of two species of space aliens: the Esh and goddesses who look like girls: A Benevolent Supremacy, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Brad Jasperson suggests you may be fewer than you think when you have Lunch With Dave. New contributor Travis A. Moore tells a sweet and comic tale about the dead-end life of Tom, an Invisible Man, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Eleanor Adams says don’t keep Mommy waiting and bring your friends for Dinner at Eight. What is the answer to memento mori? Carpe diem! R D Larson, To Die. |
| Short Poetry |
Richard H. Fay, The Dark Host Michael Lee Johnson, Mother, Edith, at 98 Anna Ruiz, See Me, My Darling |
| Prose Poetry |
Mel Waldman, In the Dark I Live |
| Essay | Bertil Falk traces the role of the cape from Leonardo to Superman: History of a Déjà Vu, part 1; conclusion. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Eleanor Adams, John Birge, and Travis A. Moore. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 275 Response: Tim Simmons on “Faith Awakening” Challenge 277 asks for a Table for One and Half. |
| The Art Gallery |
NASA, Endeavour Spacewalk 4 NASA: Picture of the Day |
| Editorial | Jerry Wright, Terror on the Planet Bewildering Stories |
Bewildering Stories News
Thanks to the readers who have expressed sympathy and support for Bewildering Stories in the week when our server “Hardy” disappeared, possibly, as Jerry says, prey to literal or figurative denizens of the deep. It now seems to be back on line. And a special thanks to Deena Fisher, at Drollerie Press, for her kind and collegial assistance.
Publication dates: Issue 276 was extended a week on account of the connection troubles, but it also got some extra headline time on the home page. Issue 277 thus appears a day early, at about midnight (GMT -5) Saturday-Sunday 9-10 February. Issue 278 is scheduled to appear at the normal time — the witching hour — on Monday 18 February.
New audio: Ian Donnell Arbuckle reads “China.”
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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