The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 460
| Novel |
Earth has spurned the Galactic Union’s offer of aid in qualifying for membership. Some human refugees on Dreamer’s World begin work to prevent Earth’s being ostracized from the galaxy: euhal allen, The Bridge: a New Beginning Chapter 1: Starting Over, part 1
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| Novellas |
Omar Jones has suffered tragic loss on Earth but may find consolation in the depths of space: Bill Bowler, The Shepherd of Zakhbaal Chapter 1: Five Hundred Years from Now
New contributor Faith H. Goble introduces Michael, who has a strange medical condition but finds work in the capital city of a race of genetically modified, hyper-intelligent birds: Birdland, chapter 1. |
| Short Stories |
‘What would Superman do?’ That question and some friends help a firefighter face a crippling addiction: Scott D. Coon, The Hero Rush, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Dean Giles gives an Artificial Intelligence an ironic name and an impossible decision to make. When lost in the intergalactic void, what is the human thing to do? DAVE, part 1; part 2; conclusion. The Cat-Witch can take many forms, and she wants revenge: S. J. McKenzie, The Cat-Witch of Laggan, part 1; conclusion. New contributor John Walsh depicts the war with the Thel. ‘The Thel, of course, was designed to suppress beyond-communications. We had been enlisted to fight against this outrage. The war had lasted for lifetimes’: Thel. |
| Flash Fiction |
A paper book can be a souvenir of better times even for a young boy: Julie Wornan, Grandpa’s Book. What shall we do when a robot loses its mind on a spaceship? LaVerne Zocco, XLZ. |
| Poetry |
Alessandro Cusimano, Babylon — Babilonia Rebecca Lu Kiernan, What the Fire Saw |
| Short Poetry |
Joseph Farley, Come Along |
| Memoir | Post-operative stress can cause strange personality shifts: Charles C. Cole, A Visitor in the Night. |
Departments
| Special Feature |
Dr. Jeannette Norden, On Storytelling in Teaching |
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| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Dean Giles, Faith Goble, and John Walsh. |
| Discussion | Bewildering Stories discusses Spelling and the Playground. |
| Challenge | Challenge 460: In the Cards |
| 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 |
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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Copyright © January 2, 2012 by Bewildering Stories
