The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 411

Drama	Kip reveals his and Wynfield’s kinship. Kip has a dread disease, and Hugo reports that Diana and Dr. Grant may have surivived the fire at the Golden Anchor: Marina J. Neary, Hugo in London, scene 13; scene 14.
Novella	Nadezhda plays a key role in helping the ‘slugs’ escape from the spaceship, but the uprising ends badly: Kir Bulychev, Half a Life, chapter 5, part 1; part 2.
Short Stories	Billie Occasion discovers what happened to Lars Parker’s mother: Bertil Falk, A Mental Feedback. Little Bobby loves a rock — and especially the music it brings: Mark J. Kiewlak, Rock Music. New contributor Ally Malinenko introduces Marguerite, who tries in vain to escape her fate as a voodoo priestess: Maman Brigitte. Aging doesn’t need werewolves, it’s scary enough as it is: Thomas Lee Joseph Smith, The Change.
Flash Fiction	New contributor Fred Miller shows financier Richard teetering on a ledge. Will he jump? Yes, unless he’s saved by The Call.
Poetry	New contributor Jon Forceton, Pieces With No Edge John Stocks, Berlin

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Jon Forceton, Ally Malinenko, and Fred Miller.
Challenge	Challenge 411 tells Sam I Am it likes Chocolate Eggs and Ham.
The Reading Room	Tom Mahony Imperfect Solitude, excerpt
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Earth Observatory Picture of the Day Our Earth as Art *Sky and Telescope*, This Week’s Sky at a Glance

Randomly selected Bewildering motto:

Randomly selected classic rejection notice:

Bewildering Stories’ official mottoes:

“Poems are not made with ideas; they are made with words.” — Stéphane Mallarmé
Ars longa, vita brevis. Rough translation: “Proofreading never ends.”

To Bewildering Stories’ schedule: In Times to Come

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