What’s in Issue 357

Novel	Interstellar emissary George Pike takes a jaundiced view of international conferences, but the one he’s called has to accomplish a big project. And George holds the whip hand: Gabriel S. Timar, The Hades Connection, Chapter 21, part 1; part 2.
Novella	The world begins to sort itself out after Floozman’s first appearance. Fred Looseman is exhausted, but he promises Floozman’s return: Bertrand Cayzac, Floozman : First Episode with Figs and Riesling part 13: Aftermath — Aftermath
Serial	New contributor Michael R. Meyerhofer introduces Castor, a ‘mouthbrush’ merchant whose product is effective if you don’t mind why. He has powerful and greedy enemies but a powerful and clever sidekick, as well: A Merchant’s Luck, part 1; part 2; part 3.
Short Stories	A football game on Mars? Winning isn’t ‘the only thing’: Bertil Falk, The Morning Gift. New contributor Ingvar Mattson depicts a future world where industrial espionage is conducted by mage-led commando raids. But as always, infantry is the key to victory: Project Unnamed: Memories, part 1; part 2; part 3; conclusion. New contributor Kyle White will make you think twice about taking a job as a night watchman in an abandoned warehouse, especially if you like kitty-cats: The Hand That Feeds You.
Flash Fiction	New contributor Grove Koger portrays an alternate history in which a defeated king remains loyal to the end: How is the Empire? Sue Parman, The Garbage Man
Poetry	Oonah V. Joslin, Definitions - after W. C. Minor Mary B. McArdle, Vortex
Short Poetry	Rebecca Lu Kiernan, Night-bloom Anna Ruiz, Anunnaki
Memoir	And where were you on January 20, 1961? Ron Van Sweringen, Hail and Farewell.

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Grove Koger, Ingvar Mattson, Michael R. Meyerhofer, and Kyle White.
The Critics’ Corner	Bertrand Cayzac, et al., “Figs and Riesling”
Challenge	Challenge 357 comes back to Where It Began.
The Reading Room	Danielle L. Parker reviews William Morris, The Wood Beyond the World.
Editorial	Don Webb, Correspondence With Agents and Publishers
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Earth Observatory 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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