The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 474
| Novel |
A stroke of bad luck stops the fleeing bank robbers in their tracks. Luc does some quick thinking, and Arthur has to take on another unwelcome responsibility. Michael E. Lloyd, Missing Emilie |
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| Serials |
Ellie King is welcomed to Moscow by Katya and Mariya Petrovna. Ellie accompanies Katya on a visit to a nursing home. The memory of Grisha hovers between them. Maria Kontak, A Very Convenient Affair, part 3 A couple abducted by space aliens have something very human to talk about. Charles C. Cole, The Abduction Chronicles |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Jerome Brooke introduces the Lord Hunter of the West March, who seeks a favor from the Lady Vixen. She guarantees him success, but he will pay dearly for it: Wise Woman. Sometimes notalgic memories of simpler times are not all they seem to be: Blaise Marcoux, Strike the Set. New contributor David Scholes cautions against believing all that space aliens say, epecially the so-called authorities: Trath. |
| Flash Fiction |
A wandering cat is lucky to have friends when surrounded by snakes and gators: Ron Van Sweringen, Malcolm Goes Missing. |
| Poetry |
Alessandro Cusimano, Echoes of Lisbon Rebecca Lu Kiernan, The Story of Us |
| Short Poetry |
Oonah V. Joslin, The Angry Sun |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes David Scholes. |
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| Interview | Bewildering Stories interviews Robert Branca. |
| Challenge | Challenge 474 exclaims Boa’s Howdy. |
| The Art Gallery |
Iris Brinkborg, Green Planet — Grön Planet NASA: Picture of the Day Sky and Telescope, This Week’s Sky at a Glance |
Bewildering Stories News
Interviews:Associate Editor interview synopsis Bewildering Stories is a big operation, as our Information page shows. Our Associate Editors are an elite group. Their critiques of submissions not only make Bewildering Stories possible, they are essential to making it the best it can be. The Associate Editors necessarily work anonymously, “behind the scenes.” Now we express our appreciation to them with a series of personal interviews.
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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.”
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