The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 463
| Novel |
Katia will be a new voice on the Galactic Council, but she’s an old hand at politics: euhal allen, The Bridge: a New Beginning
Chapter 2: Collusion, part 1
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| Novellas |
Camping alone on a new planet, Omar Jones makes a new friend, one who shares some old feelings:
Bill Bowler, The Shepherd of Zakhbaal
Chapter 4: The Forest
Michael begins to learn where the strange voices are coming from. He’s been channeling old-time television, and the birds can’t get enough of it: Faith H. Goble, Birdland, chapter 4. |
| Short Stories |
Two old Cold War spies bid each other a sad farewell at the end of their long careers: Edward Ahern, Alte Kameraden, part 1; part 2; conclusion. What can you do for a girl who can do anything? Tim Jeffreys, The Thought She Blurted Out. New contributor Jordan E. Mierek depicts a man cursed by an evil Midas touch: The Golden Man. Sometimes life can be so hard and unfair that a clock starts ticking toward a time of decision: Bolaji Odofin, Clocks. When one is forbidden to write stories, one becomes them: Kathleen Rohr, Angie in Wonderland. |
| Flash Fiction |
So this is the way the world ends, with a government bureaucrat who’s lost and has an odd fixation on dirt basements: Charles C. Cole, Company Business. |
| Poetry |
Oonah V. Joslin, The Smith’s Gold Rebecca Lu Kiernan, My Beloved Amateur |
| Short Poetry |
Mike Florian, Albatross |
Departments
| Poetry Translation |
Frank Wedekind, Der Gefangene — The Prisoner |
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| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Jordan E. Mierek |
| Challenge | Challenge 463: On the Sea and Over |
| The Reading Room |
Abha Iyengar, Flash Bites, excerpt |
| 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 23, 2012 by Bewildering Stories
