What’s in Issue 150

Novels	‘Further new Orders from Dome are received on the Mater. The Captain takes the new orders on board in inimitable style, issuing final instructions for Phase One of the Observation. Toni tells his new true story, and is believed. At last he can return home, and discover Paula’s poignant letter...’ Michael E. Lloyd, Observation One: Singing of promises...    chapter 30: Communication II    chapter 31: Captain’s Office, Mater    chapter 32: Off the Road Again, conclusion. Me’Avi discovers that Katia has been helping the survivors on Earth. Despite her and Katia’s kinship, an enormous generation gap remains: euhal allen, The Bridge, II, chapter 5: Hearts Defined, part 1; part 2; part 3.
Novella	After initial preparations to combat nanotech-controlled mass killers, Jeremy and Tamara find they are not yet ready for a romantic interlude: Michael J A Tyzuk, Tangled Threads, Tangled Strings, part 5; part 6.
Short Stories	New contributor Jeffrey J. Lyons has a pompous judge bemused by kiddies’ science projects, each unlikelier than the next. First prize goes to the one that goes away... somehow: The Fairly Incredible Inventors’ Fair. New contributor Brian Wright asks which is worse: cowardice or bravery under fire? Circumstances make the question less odd than it may seem: No More Heroes. When the Almighty appears in the sky, illusion is heresy. Isn’t it? Kevin Ahearn, Under God, Indivisible. When a goddess buys immortality in exchange for illusions, reality is heresy. Isn’t it? D. A. Madigan, Pursuit of Happiness.
Essay	Colonialism is like a bad marriage, or vice-versa: Prakash Kona, Nameless in a Faceless City, part 3.
Poetry	‘Coming on like a swirling whizzer from the toy box of your heart’: Kelvin Bueckert, Evil Grey.
Art Gallery	New contributor Steve Cartwright paints a juggler at night: Juggler.

Departments

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Steve Cartwright, Jeffrey J. Lyons and Brian Wright.
Challenge	euhal allen answers Challenge 149. Challenge 150 sings “Reuben, Reuben, I’ve been thinking...”
Letters	Kevin Ahearn writes about Star Wars. Prakash Kona writes about The Narrator in Bombay. C. Meton writes about D. A. Madigan’s “No Time Like the Present”
The Reading Room	Jerry Wright reviews Robert Sawyer’s Mindscan.
Editorial	Steven Utley, Perspicacious Pursuit® Jerry Wright, Remembrance of Things Past

In Times to Come

Bio update: Karlos D. Allen

In issue 151

Novel: euhal allen, The Bridge II chapter 6 “Troubled Times”

Novellas:

Michael J A Tyzuk, “Tangled Threads, Tangled Strings” parts 6-7

Rachel Parsons, “I Still Wake from Nightmares” part 1

Short stories:

Kevin Ahearn, “Die and Let Live”

Robert Allen, “The Hunt”

D. A. Madigan, “Mania”

Essays:

Prakash Kona, “Nameless in a Faceless City” part 4

G. David Schwartz, “The Hand in the Garden”

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