Issue 345

Novel	Gabriel S. Timar, The Hades Connection, chapter 3, part 1; part 2; chapter 4
Novella	John W. Steele, Beyond the Island, chapter 24; conclusion
Serial	James C. G. Shirk, Green Thumb, part 3; part 4; conclusion
Short Stories	Nükhet Barlas, The Abyssinian Tantra Bensko, The Boy Who’s a Floating Flower Lynn Mann, The Assassin, part 1; conclusion Lorraine Nevin, The Water Carriers, part 1; conclusion
Flash Fiction	Ron Van Sweringen, The Icebox Julie Wornan, Cookies in Cyberspace
Poetry	Francine Schwartz, Soul Mate
Short Poetry	Ashutosh Ghildiyal, The Old Story Arnold Hollander, Light and Dark

The Critics’ Corner	Mark Twain, Effective Prose Style or “Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses” Discussion: What Was Mark Twain’s Real Target? with Bertil Falk, Gary Inbinder, and Don Webb
Challenge	Challenge 345: Sagas of the False Gods Challenge 345 Response: Bill Bowler on “Beyond the Island”
Letters	John W. Steele, Looking Back at “Beyond the Island”
The Reading Room	Danielle L. Parker reviews Paul di Filippo, Harp, Pipe & Symphony
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Earth Observatory Picture of the Day