The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 446
| Novel |
Nakoma reveals to Donas the connection between Katera and the South People. But the situation and Nakoma’s explanation just don’t quite seem to add up: Mary B. McArdle, Give Them Wine
A Disparity of Language, chapter 20
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| Novella | The city is literally in the man’s head, and it is possible to enter it: Maxwell Jameson, The Man With a City in His Head, part 8. |
| Short Stories |
An impecunious college instructor attends a New Year’s costume party hosted by Giove and Juno. He comes as Endymion and fulfils the role: Gary Inbinder, Endymion. A beautiful bird from another world seeks refuge on Earth, of all places: Ron Van Sweringen, Aratreea. Poor Jimmy is trapped between his subservience to his father and his love of botany: Joanna M. Weston, Beth’s Garden, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Wayne, a wastrel, hopes to wangle an inheritance from his apparently senile grandmother. The operative word is “apparently”: Sandra Crook, Visiting Hour. New contributor Martin Hill Ortiz shows that in a world where addiction is enforced, one user is headed for a crash: Head-On. |
| Poetry | Channie Greenberg, Mama’s Mundane Witnessing |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Allison Grayhurst, Seeing Under, Seeing Over |
| Drama | New contributor Jess Hyslop depicts a pair of young people struggling to overcome the traumatic memories of an older generation: Morning Light, part 1; conclusion. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Allison Grayhurst, Jess Hyslop and Martin Hill Ortiz. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
Don Webb asks What’s in a Title? |
| Challenge |
Challenge 446: Motivation Special Challenge 446: Give Them Wine |
| The Reading Room |
Bertil Falk reviews Loren D. Estleman, Valentino: Film Detective. |
| The Photo Album |
Richard Ong lives a Trekkie’s dream: Richard Meets Counselor Troi. |
| The Art Gallery |
A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Sky and Telescope, This Week’s Sky at a Glance |
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