What’s in Issue 99
| Novels | Ian Donnell Arbuckle brings Made It Way Up to an end that began with Lane’s flight. Now that Lane’s rocket has disintegrated in the air, the family also begins to come apart. Bernard, Kelly and Essa all feel compelled to go their separate ways emotionally. At the end, there is only one. Part 24, Bernard; part 25, Essa and Kelly
In Tala Bar’s Gaia, Dar and Nim are following the river. In chapter 3, Nim espies a mysterious female figure on a rock by the river, combing her golden hair: installment 1. After a misadventure with remnants of the industrial pollution age, Dar begins to supect what the apparition might be: installment 2. Roberto Sanhueza returns with the further adventures of Katts and Dawgs. Phydo is introduced to Thomm’s home town and relatives in the first part of “Katt Cuts It Thin.” The diplomacy is a bit tricky, and Thomm’s relations with his family and neighbors are even more so. |
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| Serials |
Michael J A Tyzuk’s Tamara Tomson and her partners engage in a shoot-out with Dr. Hunter over a mysterious talisman. But does the history of the artifact make the archeologist a villain or a victim? “The Soul Hunter,” part 3.
Euhal Allen returns with a story of a Bridge. It comes from somewhere and goes everywhere. It may seem a little uncommunicative at first, but it will be glad to talk to you, if you like. It has a charming personality but no nose... Descriptions fail; visit The Bridge! |
| Short Story |
New contributor Katherine Allen takes us to a supermarket where a little girl and a stray owl combine to bring out the store manager’s best nature: “The Owl in the Supermarket.” |
| Poetry | Steven Utley offers three short poems, all about writing poetry: “Lust and Compulsion,” “Wonders Never Cease,” and “Two-Fisted Poet.” They’re in a boxed set of three. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Katherine Allen |
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| Discussion | Stephen Heister continues the discussion of identity that began in Challenge 97: “Residual Self-Image.” |
| Challenge | And Then There Was One |
| Letters | Kristen Tracey has a very nice word to say about the responses to Challenge 97. |
| The Reading Room |
Jerry Wright reviews Eric Van Lustbader’s Mistress of the Pearl. |
| Editorial | Jerry Wright announces a contest! Well, it’s basically a raffle. What it comes down to is that he needs an expression of interest and a postal address from our contributors... An interest in what? Jerry explains where the idea came from and what it’s all about it in The Sincerest Form. |
In Times to Come
We bid a sad farewell to Ian Donnell Arbuckle’s Made It Way Up and hope Ian will return again soon. But as you can see, Tala Bar’s Gaia, Roberto Sanhueza’s Katts and Dawgs, Michael J A Tyzuk’s “The Soul Hunter,” and euhal allen’s “The Bridge” will keep us coming back in the meantime! Among many treats coming up soon: stories from new contributors in Sweden and Germany, and an article by Deep Bora on “what dreams may come when we shuffle off this mortal coil.” Bewildering Stories gives us a pause that... does a lot of different things!
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