What’s in Issue 308

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Novel	Michael E. Lloyd, Observation Three: Changing Hearts Raymond passes on the Domans’ instructions, the SOG-E does its final duty, and the shutdowns begin. Quo offers Raymond a remarkable gift. Maelene reveals her personal demon to Toni and then goes home, but she and Toni have some unfinished business ... Chapter 26: Now You See It ... Chapter 27: Stirred, Not Shaken Chapter 28: Society’s Child, part 1; part 2
Novella	High-placed government figures and shadowy financiers make big plans, but the real mover and shaker is a mysterious mercenary: S. H. Linden, A Stacked Deck, part 1; part 2.
Serial	Some people who are down on their luck or are outcasts will need Fred Looseman to become Floozman, the bringer of scandalous abundance. Stay tuned; it won’t be just a bail-out: Bertrand Cayzac, Floozman and the Traveling Entertainers, part 1 French original: Floozman et les gens du voyage (complete)
Short Stories	New contributor Daniel S. Connolly shows an augur at work. Wait... just what is prognostication, anyway? The Luck of the Beekeeper, part 1; conclusion. Ian Cordingley weaves an intricates story about a gift from the stars that may or may not be one: Here With Me Now. New contributor David Dunwoody shows what might happen when one takes an unauthorized grave ride. It’s not exactly what one might expect: Ministry. New contributor Janet Yung raises a question: Why might anyone want a personality transplant? If you could be someone else, would you settle for Caroline? Trying To Be Caroline.
Flash Fiction	New contributor Zosimo Quibilan, Jr. paints a rainbow of colors at a drinking fountain: Rembo. New contributor Don Royster gives a lesson in what ‘cherry-picking’ intelligence data is all about: The Woman in the Cave. If you steal a painting for your girlfriend, just make sure it doesn’t give her ideas about where to go without you: Gloria Watts, The Seascape.
Poetry	Anna Ruiz, Damn Birds
Short Poetry	John Stocks, Endgame
Memoir	New contributor Will Gray recounts first-hand a tank battle in the fall of 1944: Bail Out!.

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Daniel S. Connolly, David Dunwoody, Will Gray, Zosimo Quibilan, Jr., Don Royster, and Janet Yung.
The Critics’ Corner	Slawomir Rapala, The Three Kings revealed Bill Bowler, On The Three Kings Don Webb, Iskald at Home in the World
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day

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