What’s in Issue 240

Novel	Gary Inbinder, Noble Lies The relationship between Consul Finn and Aurelia takes a sinister turn for Republican Guard hero and Gold-status Ludwig. Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4
Novella	Rachel Parsons, The Year of the Dead Rose Secret agent Stone recovers Modron’s scroll and rushes it to Rhiannon, who desperately needs it as a weapon against the Offworlders. But Stone’s good deed will avail him naught. Chapter 14; Chapter 15 Chapter 16; Chapter 17, conclusion
Serial	Bob Brill, Bix’s Angel Now the Continuum is going after the brilliant, bongo-playing, theoretical physicist Richard Feynman. Agent Gvedn hopes to foil their plan. Chapter 3, part 1; part 2 Chapter 4: Epilogue
Short Stories	Abandon despair and embrace hope — unless it’s too much of a bother: Kevin Ahearn, The Suicide King, part 1; conclusion. What are the voices: subliminal suggestion or psychosis? Branigan Grace, Those Voices You Hear in the Warm Night. New contributor Ezra T. Gray invokes a haunted well to save a wounded soldier: The Grove, part 1; conclusion. Sinclair Lewis’s ironic title It Can’t Happen Here comes back to haunt a young reporter for a small-town newspaper: Carmen Ruggero, Operation Orange. Don’t cut the budget, adjust the expenditures: E. S. Strout, The Disappeared Man.
Flash Fiction	Aspire to high art, but shun perfectionism: Crystalwizard, The Sculptor. New contributor Charles P. Schaeffer rings a new change on the old story of the Lady and the Tiger: Beauty or the Beast.
Poetry	Alan Jackson, Rabbit in the Moon
Short Poetry	Bill Bowler, The Hand Draws the Pen New contributor James Jackson, Ode on an Ancient Wall Mary B. McArdle, Seed

Departments

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Ezra T. Gray, James Jackson, and Charles P. Schaeffer.
The Critics’ Corner	Don Webb asks What Does a Writer Owe to History?
Challenge	Challenge 240 warns: Oh Yes It Can.
Letters	Marjorie Salzwedel writes about Ray Cummings, The Girl in the Golden Atom.
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day
At the Movies	Chris Stires reviews House of Wax

Randomly selected Bewildering motto:

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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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