What’s in Issue 246

Novel	Luddy can’t tell his friends or even Consul Cato that he’s going on a dangerous undercover mission to Algol 1, and it starts in the very mean streets of Iron-town: Gary Inbinder, Noble Lies : Chapter 17; Chapter 18, part 1; part 2.
Novella	Three generations of women search for love, happiness — or at least understanding: Tala Bar, Women in Autumn Chapter 1: Wednesday, part 1; part 2 Chapter 2: Friday
Serial	How can unarmed explorers from Earth outmaneuver an alien warship? With dazzling technical ingenuity in the grand style of the space opera: Karlos Allen, Trouble with the Natives : Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6, conclusion.
Short Stories	In comedy, public relations, and even construction, timing is everything. And hubris demands bitter sacrifices: Bill Bowler, Hallowed Space, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor James Brian King depicts Russian soldiers in the Far East in 1905, where the most fearsome enemy is not the Japanese but a Siberian tiger: Hunter of the East, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Sean E. Markey fulfills a daydream of escape to the South Seas: Reconnected. New contributor Connie Vigil Platt has fun with the misinterpretation of an overheard conversation: The Peeping Tom. New contributor Hunter Lily Troy turns a present-day concern quite around: Thin and Bone, part 1; conclusion.
Flash Fiction	New contributor Pete Sierra takes a motorcycle to the heavenly realm, where a samurai’s sharp, pointy sword may or may not be ‘real’: My Heavenly Realm Capers.
Short Poetry	Michael Lee Johnson, A Gift of Desert Sand Anna Ruiz, Watchtower John Stocks, May Dreams

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes James Brian King, Connie Vigil Platt, Pete Sierra, and Hunter Lily Troy.
Challenge	Challenge 246 Pushing the Panic Button
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day
Excerpt	Steven Utley, Ghost Seas , “The Dinosaur Season”

Bewildering Stories News

Scheduling: Issue lengths and time pressure require some rescheduling in this and forthcoming issues. Please bear with us.

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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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