The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 464
| Novel |
Katia figures that Cyr knows more than he’s told her about teleportation: euhal allen, The Bridge: a New Beginning Chapter 2: Collusion, part 2
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| Novellas |
Omar is captured and taken to the natives’ camp in the mountains. Tiger picks up his telepathic trail and follows him: Bill Bowler, The Shepherd of Zakhbaal Unbeknownst to Michael, his implant has been channeling 1950’s television to Birdland. Dr. Steve keeps Michael confined to quarters on account of protests taking place outside: Faith H. Goble, Birdland, chapter 5 |
| Short Stories |
An emissary needs fleet feet and stamina. A photographic memory can also come in handy when waylaid by a talking snake who wants to have a little fun: Sean Hower, The Runner, part 1; part 2; conclusion. A primordial ooze in Antarctica might take explorers back to a state before language and consciousness: Cheryl W. Ruggiero & Susan A. Hagedorn, Stuff of Dreams, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
A couple flee a nightmare catastrophe. One of them doesn’t make it to safety: Kate Osias, The Soundless Ones. |
| Poetry |
Alessandro Cusimano,
Our Lady of Bohemia — Nostra Signora di Boemia Mary B. McArdle, A Sonnet to Winter Mariah B. Sells, A Memory Within a Memory |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Lindsea L. Hutchinson, Half Full |
| Fictional Memoir |
A quaint fixture of a provincial town turns deadly: Sandra Crook, The Rag and Bone Man. |
| Essay | Who or what is assigned the duty of preserving species? Boghos L. Artinian, The Custody of Genomes. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Susan A. Hagedorn and Lindsea L. Hutchinson. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 464 Say Who? |
| The Reading Room |
KJ Hannah Greenberg, A Bank Robber’s Bad Luck with His Ex-Girlfriend, 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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