What’s in Issue 146

Novels	‘Raymond is working hard and learning some depressing truths. Carla is still keeping the brooding Toni on a tight virtual leash. He shakes off his malaise enough to enjoy an evening alone downtown, then finds himself irresistibly spying on her next involvement... Carla’s smile isn’t strong enough to hook the resilient Mr Farant, but Toni saves the day with music. So Jeremy reveals the motivations and key members of CAMRUTH, and Quo can set him off on his own engaging mission. Toni, near-redeemed, then plays two very high trumps!’ Michael E. Lloyd, Observation One: Singing of promises... chapter 23: All the World's a Stooge; chapter 24: London, England, part 1; part 2. Everybody seems to have a plot under way: euhal allen The Bridge, II chapter 1: A New et Sharma, part 2; part 3.
Novella	In the midst of peace-making festivities, Tamar cannot avoid a stranger’s dark eyes: Tala Bar, Sacrifice, The Covenant, part 1; part 2.
Short Stories	Guns are of little use against the earth itself: Eric S. Brown, In the Woods. A shooting star brings a mantra and a question of life and death: Jörn Grote, Imagine Live Imagine. New contributor Kristin A. Masters shows that one can’t wound a faerie and emerge unscathed... or unchanged: Hunter’s Tale, part 1; conclusion.
Poetry	What might have compelled a desperate astronaut to escape to nowhere? Thomas D. Reynolds, After Leaving the Planet Exegis.
Essay	Getting dressed for a party can be as much fun as the party itself: G. David Schwartz, The Masquerade.

Departments

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Kristin A. Masters, who has not yet been turned into a creature of the forest!
Challenge	Challenge 146 takes a look at Nature and Things in this issue.
The Reading Room	Danielle L. Parker reviews Herbert Thomas’s The Superlative Man. Jerry Wright reviews Robert P. Bennett’s Blind Traveler Down A Dark River.
Editorial	Jerry Wright, Tired...

In Times to Come

News brief: Thanks to Ian Arbuckle for writing most of this issue’s Readers’ Guide. He’ll be in charge of the Readers’ Guide for issue 147.

In issue 147

Novels:

Michael E. Lloyd, Observation One
chapter 24 “London, England” parts 3-4
chapter 25 “Mons, Belgium”
euhal allen, The Bridge II chapter 3 “New Directions”
Novella: Tala Bar, “Sacrifice” chapter 4 “On the Balance”

Short stories:

Robert Allen, “Issue at Hand”
new contributor Michael Collins, “Reembezzlement”
Danielle L. Parker, “Homecoming”
Flash fiction: Sean Hower, “Breaking Up, Breaking Down”

Readers’ reactions are always welcome.
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