Bewildering Stories’
First Quarterly Review, 2009
Editors’ Choices: issues 319-330
Short Stories
The Order of the Hot Potato
All titles are links.
Part III Flash Fiction, The Quarter’s Best Issues
Selections are listed in alphabetical order by author.
Multiple titles are in chronological order.
Part IV : Short Stories
John R. Albers, Master of the Winds Zachary Ash, Napoleon in Rags Tantra Bensko, Daring with Monks William Blick, The Quixotic Slumber of Mr. Jensen Gary W. Crawford, Gangrene Alan Delaney, Stricken Bertil Falk Kenneth C. Goldman, A Pet Shop Parable Mark Koerner, A Fresh Start Dwight Krauss, The Absence of Land Sarah-Jane Lehoux, Socks and Brains Kevin McFarlane, Hounded by Heritage Rachel V. Olivier, Scary Things Diana Pollin, Tamerlane’s Snuffbox Catfish Russ, Black Face Nicola Somerscales, The Auctioneer’s Prize Robert N. Stephenson, Yellow Dresses Graham Storrs, Skyball Tom Underhill, Branded Faith John Vieczorek Sarah Ann Watts, Duncan Grave in The Sun and Moon Lewayne L. White, Family Farm Yuvi Zalkow, Men Are From Mars, JoLans Are From Uranus |
Part V : The Order of the Hot Potato
And now, since “Bewildering” Stories is a friend of the unconventional, here are the 12 most controversial works of the quarter, the ones on which the review editors did not reach a consensus for one reason or another. Six of the titles appear in the Editors’ Choices; the rest do not.
The titles are listed in descending order with the most controversial first. The links lead to the issues in which they appear.
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The Hottest-Potato Issues of the Quarter
As a special treat, Bewildering Stories links to
the three most controversial issues of the quarter:
The Citation of Merit
The Citation of Merit, officially retired with the Second Quarterly Review of 2007, returns for an encore appearance in this issue. Our readers may find it worthwhile, thinking, “The Quarterly Review is indeed the cream of a worthy crop, but what is the crème de la crème?”
We prefer that you pick your own favorites, of course, and by all means let us know what they are. Meanwhile, here are the works that were voted the most outstanding in each genre. They are listed in alphabetical order by author.
Novella Bill Bowler, Upwyr: The Count Serials Short Stories Flash Fiction |
Poetry Bill Bowler, A Poem for Edgar Allan Poe Michael E. Lloyd, History John Stocks, George Short Poetry Memoir |
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