What’s in Issue 309

Novel	Michael E. Lloyd, Observation Three: Changing Hearts The liberated lovers choose the sweet rather than the bitter in New York City, and Janis Ian’s songs bring back memories. Dublin gives Toni and Maelene some focus. Lucia and the Chief give Salvatore — and Venice — a very special farewell gift. Chapter 29: Small Slices of Big Apple Pie Chapter 30: Dublin, Irish Republic Chapter 31: Venice, Italy
Novella	The shadowy figures want to stop Faust. Fighting fire with fire means lighting a bigger one: S. H. Linden, A Stacked Deck, part 3; part 4.
Serial	Fred Looseman hears Zachariah’s song, and Floozman responds: Bertrand Cayzac, Floozman and the Traveling Entertainers, part 2.
Short Stories	New contributor Rob Crandall shows that when you feel alone, someone may make sure you’re Never Alone. When going into this far-future amusement park, be sure to mind the dress code: Bertil Falk, The Color of Disappearance. New contributor Lee Gimenez depicts a mechanized political future: We the People. New contributor Eric Watts shows that nothing is so deadly as Friendly Fire.
Flash Fiction	New contributor Carol A. Cole sends a heedless astronaut to wait unknowingly for the Time for the Tide. Spoons can tap out a merry rhythm, but what music do the other utensils make, unbidden, when no one is watching? Robert A. Dollesin, Spoons. Weird, no doubt, but it all depends on your point of view: L. Roger Quilter, People Are Weird.
Poetry	Mary B. McArdle, Reservoir Storm John W. Steele, Words
Memoirs	Darby Mitchell, The Car That Wouldn’t Go Laura G. Weldon, Piper, Pipe That Song Again

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Carol A. Cole, Rob Crandall, and Lee Gimenez.
The Critics’ Corner	Bill Bowler, A Mind-Bending Trip
Challenge	Challenge 309 recommends that you Hold Your Fire. Challenge 309 Response: Gary Inbinder, Clearing the Deck
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day
The Reading Room	Danielle L. Parker reviews Terry Brooks, Armageddon’s Children.

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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