What’s in Issue 156
| Novel | Maestro Kalvin, the Galactic patrols and the Galactic Chronicler all make startling discoveries. The Qwell-Na call an emergency conclave, and the Starhell leaders plan for flight: euhal allen, The Bridge, III, chapter 5: Tricks of the Trade, part 1; part 2; part 3. |
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| Novella | Rhiannon’s last nightmare turns out to be real, and her sister, Queen Gwennan, is living in one that is literally mind-breaking: Rachel Parsons, I Still Wake From My Nightmares, part 7; conclusion. |
| Serial | New contributor Lawrence R. Dagstine describes Orion T. Jacobs’ virtual mission to the protean planet Lebros, where his memory is mined for something he doesn’t recall having seen there: Orion’s Dendrites, part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
Secret agents Charlie Littlebear and Sidris undertake another mission for the Martio-Jovian Philatelic Society. It involves deploying a strangely named submarine: Robert Allen, Jenny by the Sea. New contributor Joel Assaizky shows what might happen when one takes the name of You Know Who in vain. And for... Heaven’s... sake, don’t computerize it! The Virus. D. A. Madigan has a sequel to “Halo” (in issue 155). Life with the guardian angels is very strange and yet strangely familiar, especially to the one who made first contact with the angels: Primogeniture. New contributor David Mitenko depicts the life of a college student. Michael has friends and family to hang out with and important exams to take, but when he’s drafted into a vampire coven, his night life really takes a turn for the spectacular: The Truth About Bats, part 1; conclusion. |
| Poetry | Viacheslav Iatsko tries his hand at a kind of blues rap: Striped Life. |
| Essays |
‘While all other truths are interchangeable the sufferings of the oppressed are not. They make an absolute statement and the response to the statement is revolution’: Prakash Kona, A Dreamer of the Other World, part 3. Steven Utley fondly recalls a monster film from 1958: Alien Inamorato. |
| Discussion | Rajnar Vajra and Jerry Wright discuss Rajnar’s “Opening Wonders”. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Joel Assaizky, Lawrence R. Dagstine, Francisco Ruiz Fernández, and David Mitenko. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
Don Webb discusses the science of Lebros and the prosody of “Striped Life”: A High Wind in a Vacuum. |
| Challenge | Challenge 156 asks about two names, among other things: Greymulkin and a Submarine. |
| Letters | Tala Bar warns against using Pay Pal Outside the U.S. |
| The Reading Room |
Danielle L. Parker reviews Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal. |
In Times to Come
In issue 157
- Novel: euhal allen, The Bridge, III chapter 6 “Twisting the Obvious”
- Serials:
- Larwrence R. Dagstine, “Orion’s Dendrites” part 3, conclusion
- Catfish Russ, “Klepto” part 1
- Short stories:
- New contributor Chris Bartholomew, “Groomed”
- New contributor David Burnham, “Meltdown”
- D. A. Madigan, “Talkin’ ’Bout My Girl”
- New contributor Máire O’Reilly, “Wielding the Pen”
- New contributor David Burnham, “Meltdown”
- Flash fiction: Tala Bar, “Minos’ Unmasquerade”
- Poetry: Aryan Kaganof, “The Letter”
- Essays:
- Prakash Kona, “A Dreamer of the Other World” conclusion
- Tala Bar, “Beauty and the Beast”
- Reviews: Danielle L. Parker, Tim Waggoner’s Necropolis
