What’s in Issue 219
| Contest |
Bewildering Stories’ Contest 3, “Strange Places”: |
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| Novel | Bernard Gilboy’s small craft advances by fits and starts before erratic winds, and sometimes hardly at all. Meanwhile, he has much to ponder: Sam Ivey, Gilboy’s Quest, Chapter III: Through the Doldrums, part 1; part 2; part 3. |
| Novella | Berney Razor is assigned to track down a new and mysterious disease: O. J. Anderson, Razor Burn, chapter 4; chapter 5; chapter 6. |
| Serial | Aezubah and Livia are ambushed and captured in an abandoned desert city. Then they are taken to a place where ancient sacrifices were performed — and still are: Slawomir Rapala, Shades of Azmattia, conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
What if you could own an android replica of a celebrity? Or of yourself? Or of... The possibilities are many, and some are more perilous than others: Bill Bowler, Make Mine a Double, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Philip Cawein brings bad news in the form of an ill-attired Envoy. Ancient Druidic spirits can be confined, but not forever: Kenneth Mark Hoover, Tryst. Throwing a dinner party for living relatives is work enough. What if you had to provide for ancestors, too? R D Larson, The Bony Ghosts of Courveau Manse. Where did we come from? Do we really want to know? E. S. Strout, Inception. |
| Flash Fiction |
When a hotshot computer developer comes seeking employment, the top brass will want to know his secrets: Phillip Pettit, Inner Voice. Your universe has just annihilated itself. Reboot: John Ritchie, War Dance of the Hours. Today’s writers think they have troubles. Try being a were-post in Transylvania: Sarah Ann Watts, Blue Moon. |
| Short Poetry |
Mary B. McArdle, Homage New contributor Thomas White, Beautiful Smoker |
| Articles |
An introductory biographical sketch: Zack Figueroa, H. P. Lovecraft: an Unforgotten Master of Horror. Why might one write, if not for money? R D Larson, Sharing the Selfish Self. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Thomas White. |
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| Challenge |
Sam Ivey responds to Challenge 217. Challenge 219 ponders philosophical, psychological, social and legal questions implied by “My Little Pidgie-Widgies.” |
| The Art Gallery |
NASA: Picture of the Day |
| The Reading Room |
Melissa Green reviews C. S. Lewis, The Complete Chronicles of Narnia. |
| Editorial | Jerry Wright, The Heart |
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