What’s in Issue 184
| Contest | |
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| Novel | Brenda seems to have an ideal boyfriend and an ideal family. Given the best of two worlds, don’t overplay your hand: Bonnie Gibson, Pushed to the Limit, part 4; part 5; part 6. |
| Short Stories |
Shane is an extraordinarily powerful magician; he’s also in love. But even magicians have their limitations: Clyde Andrews, Inheritance, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Oscar Deadwood depicts a society that solves its “problems” simply by getting rid of them. Now, what if you’re the problem? Asylum Flight, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Donna Gagnon shows how to escape the daily grind of a dull existence with A Trick of the Mirror. New contributor J. B. Hogan introduces a spelunker who happens to be both a claustrophobe and a time traveler: Caver, part 1; conclusion. Wars are won by foot soldiers with rifles. Sometimes their wars never end: Steven Francis Murphy, Sharpshooter, part 1; conclusion. Do you really want to attend your own funeral and learn what people think of you and how life goes on? Think again: L. Roger Quilter, Cremation. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Rudra Ramdial shows how you can really liven things up for a bored guest at a dinner party: Entertaining. Do you sometimes wonder where an out-of-bounds pass goes in football? Willie Smith, Control of the Bomb. |
| Poetry |
New contributor Rebecca Lu Kiernan, Meeting Winter Mary B. McArdle, Uncertain Sky Thomas D. Reynolds, The Methods of Ghosts Carmen Ruggero, Winter: A Silent Symphony |
| Essay | In 19th-century literature, it doesn’t seem to matter much whether you’re a good girl or a bad one; fate has it in for you: Steven Utley, Hard Times for Heroines. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Oscar Deadwood, Donna Gagnon, J. B. Hogan, Rebecca Lu Kiernan, and Rudra Ramdial. |
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| Letters |
Karlos Allen writes about The End of SF As We Know It. Clyde Andrews asks about Sending Corrections and Formatting Interior Monologue. |
| The Art Gallery |
A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art |
| The Reading Room |
Danielle L. Parker reviews Michael Z. Williamson, The Weapon. Jerry Wright reviews Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys. Excerpt Kevin Ahearn, Intelligent Design |
| Editorial | Jerry Wright, Education for Fun and Profit |
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