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Novel The plot thickens: how can George Pike be smuggled aboard the Nimrod as an undercover agent? The driards perform a useful function, but what are they, exactly? And how can a seemingly foolproof navel microphone be foiled? Gabriel S. Timar, The Hades Connection, chapter 7; chapter 8, part 1; part 2.
Novella Why does Fred Looseman eventually become the Floozman we know? What is his motivation, and what do his adventures mean? This episode provides the key: Bertrand Cayzac, Floozman : First Episode with Figs and Riesling Floozman : épisode initial aux figues et au Riesling
Serial New contributor Sandra Y. MacKay introduces Johnny Riggs, whose mission is to save his supernaturally gifted daughter from alien abduction: Hell’s Fire, part 1.
Short
Stories
New contributor Ben Bamber shows the problems that arise when space aliens somehow overlook young Caitlin in their program of implanting people with strange devices: Caitlin Invisible.

Beware of prospective room-renters who seem almost supernaturally compelling; they may be from outer space and even out of time: Rod Hamon, The Man Who Came From Nowhere, part 1; part 2; part 3; conclusion.

A tree is called upon to make the supreme sacrifice for a young friend: Alex Moisi, The Name of the Tree.

Is the Muttery Man a real demon or a figment? In either case, where does he come from? Julie Wornan, The Muttery Man.
Flash
Fiction
If you want to eschew obfuscation and collect meaningful research data, you have two hours a month to ask the Department Chair for help: Channie Greenberg, Opening Remarks in the Sociology Department.

A stereotype is a cliché based on who one is. Turn it upside down, and the characters become real; it’s what they do that counts: Ron Van Sweringen, The Back of the Bus.
Short
Poetry
Arnold Hollander, In the Woods

Departments

Welcome Bewildering Stories welcomes Ben Bamber and Sandra Yuen MacKay.
Challenge Challenge 347 discovers a man Redeeming the Fig Tree.
The Reading
Room
Danielle L. Parker reviews A. Lee Martinez, The Automatic Detective
Editorial Don Webb explains the function of Round Tables and Discussions.
The Art
Gallery
A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art
NASA: Picture of the Day
Earth Observatory Picture of the Day

Bewildering Stories News

Forum: Jerry has been planning to update the Forum’s registration procedure since spambots began staging a run of automatic registration. That sort of thing is difficult to suppress manually. And we can’t be too careful: it may be a kind of camel’s nose under the tent, so to speak. Maybe we can use Captcha as a way to foil the spamsters, or maybe some other procedure. We shall see.


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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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