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We'll be cliging a roe in the next issue with such stories as Lawrence Dagstine's “Black Swan” wherein we find a lady spaceship pilot trapped in a black hole, still a lively subject for an sf story to have. See whether she gets or is gotten out of it in our next issue—and with Dagstine, you never know for sure.
Also on the burners is Ray Reents' “Earth II”, which you will be wanting to compare with the original Earth to see whether it makes it, loses out or is about the same. Don Thompson's “The Valedictorians of Valk” shows perhaps the most uncomfortable educational system there might be. Two other things to look for are a piece of fiction with two Robert E. Howards in it, a group called “The V Group” which you can well imagine, a look at structural defects and a story concerning the coming of science.

Authors' guide: You can likely guess what kind of stories we like to have by reading what we put up in an issue of Surprising, so all that remains is to say what we'd like to see less of: we prefer that stories not be geared for war, that the reader not be tortured by the story or molested in any way, and that sexual references be written in a manner that is ever mindful of the dignity of the human species. Religion should be at least tolerated when it is mentioned or described. Good is considered superior to evil here. Try to ameliorate your basic message through the use of humor or stylistics or esthetic pleasantry. That's what we'd like; we'll continue to see what we get. Always glad to hear from writers….and, of course, from artists as well.

Links of Associated Interest

Planetary Stories SF in the old tradition

Bewildering Stories They will confuse your mind

Worlds of Wonder See beyond this Earth

Hyperspace The editor's Home Page

Links to some of our Authors and Artists

Anne Wilkes' SF & Other ODDysseys

A.R. Yngve in focus

Ryan French's Artistic Evolution

Lerk's sf art

Ken Williams' Mysteries of the Cosmos

Lawrence Dagstine's Vorpal Sword