What’s in Issue 266
| Novel |
Claës Lundin, Oxygen and Aromasia A banker hosts a dinner party where the guests are encouraged to invest in future technology. The banker’s young son appears to be quite precocious and a fast learner:
Chapter 12: New Joint Stock Companies
part 1: Fine Dining
part 2: Mars and the Moon part 3: Tunneling part 4: Bureaucracy part 5: Air Swimming |
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| Novella | The hero goes from one set of dire clutches to another when he meets Leech, the landlord: Peter A. Balaskas, In His House, part 5; part 6. |
| Serial | New contributor Alex Marshall introduces Lord Limbold, an aged weapons master, who has designed the ultimate weapon to fend off Earth’s mortal enemies: The Crimson Tower, part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
You’ve heard the story of Bluebeard. Here’s the female version: Beverly Forehand, Bluebeard’s Wife. New contributor Ben Higginbotham depicts a drinker who has to choose between drink as the cause of his hallucinations or as a defense against them: Alcohol. When space invaders threaten, a bureaucracy chooses a young artist to help defend the planet: Lynn Mann, The Great Project. New contributor Kelli McMillin shows Vincent seeking his lost, beloved Rachel who communicates with him from Beyond: Vincent’s Offer, part 1; conclusion. What’s Rhiannon to do when a baby dragon latches on to her? The only solution seems to be to ride a big one: Rachel Parsons, The Beaches of New Fairy, part 1; part 2; conclusion. An old hotel in a town lost in the wilderness is haunted by a ghost from eons ago: E. S. Strout, Deep Freeze. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Gregory W. Ellis gives new meaning to the admonition ‘Keep off the grass’: The Meadow. Slippery-slip... an ending or a beginning to an Alfred Hitchcock film? Gloria Watts, Down a Slippery Slope. |
| Poetry |
Carmen Ruggero, Foofaraw Anna Ruiz, Fallen Apple |
| Short Poetry |
Bill Bowler, He Gobbled Up the Minutes Darby Mitchell, I Saw God |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Gregory W. Ellis, Ben Higginbotham, Alex Marshall, and Kelli McMillin. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 265 response: Carol Reid writes about Rock Fans Challenge 266 urges you to Overcome Alliteracy! |
| Letters | R D Larson writes about “David’s Angel” |
| The Art Gallery |
A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day |
| The Reading Room |
Danielle L. Parker reviews Alan Weisman, The World Without Us |
| Editorial | Don Webb, Raising Standards |
Bewildering Stories News
Reminder: Contributors please note that the review editors proofread all works outside of the Departments. The on-line versions obsolete the authors’ original copies.
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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.”
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