What’s in Issue 311

Novella	Ticky writes a character of out of the script. Faust buys a pair of polo mallets and proceeds to doctor them: S. H. Linden, A Stacked Deck, part 7; part 8.
Serial	While Floozman’s co-workers are distributing loaves and fishes in Zachariah’s camp, a disillusioned Cyril Handlebar makes a deal with a sinister figure who then disappears behind a red curtain: Bertrand Cayzac, Floozman and the Traveling Entertainers, part 5.
Short Stories	New contributor Kate Aton-Osias depicts a morning in a life of breavement and regret: Ghost Between Moments. What might be the reaction of a being from an ethereal plane when he materializes as a ‘hitting-hard solid’? Eddy Burger, Hard Bodies, part 1; conclusion. A New Year’s Eve party turns into one of quite another kind for Mark when he glimpses an attractive but elusive man: Gary W. Crawford, His Ghost. When and where is a ghost not really a ghost? Bertil Falk, A Dread Hour of the Past, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Eric J. Krause follows a group of teenagers in a mall. They all have stories of their own befitting Halloween: Children of the Mall. New contributor Adelaide B. Shaw tells a Halloween story about a lady who experiences deadly culture shock when she and her family move from a city to The Friendliest Little Town in the Northeast.
Flash Fiction	Werewolves may have their own grief: Janie Hofmann, Trinity of the Werewolves. New contributor Casey Quinn tells a story in verse about a missed opportunity: My Regret. New contributor John Saxton takes regret over the top, with an ironic twist: Inseparable.
Acrostic Poetry	Gary Inbinder, The Ravenous Raven Michael E. Lloyd, Quo Vadis? Gloria Watts, Never Look Back Don Webb, Trick or Treat
Essay	New contributor Stuart Sharp raises interesting questions about Monster and Morality in Frankenstein.

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Kate Aton-Osias, Casey Quinn, John Saxton, Stuart Sharp, and Adelaide B. Shaw.
The Critics’ Corner	Stefan Brenner, Observing Modernity Gary Inbinder and Don Webb, Happy Ambiguities
Challenge	Challenge 311: Drop Till You Shop Challenge 311 Response: Gary Inbinder, Frankenstein Reformed
The Art Gallery	Deep Bora, Rohtang Pass NASA: Picture of the Day

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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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