The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 491
| Novel |
Xérus’ next call changes everything. Arthur is suddenly on an urgent mission, with mixed results. Simon and Arthur have a lot of explaining to do to each other, and Julia bravely fills in the rest of the awful details. Arthur now has plenty of time to write his novel. Michael E. Lloyd, Missing Emilie Book II: Reparations |
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| Novella | Flo has what promises to be a lucrative gig, singing at parties thrown by the mayor of Black Water Swamp. Suddenly shots ring out, the plot thickens, and Flo needs Tucker to get her and others like her out of there alive: Ron Van Sweringen, Flotation Jones, Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Chris Hugh takes a dim view of a recently popular novel. What better critique than to have it roasted by The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo. New contributor Charles M. Knudsen brings hope to a man struggling with agoraphobia and loneliness: Interference Patterns, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor A. J. Vasquez introduces Verona, who has a bone — and a lot of other body parts — to pick with a tormentor: The Soul’s Last Dance |
| Flash Fiction |
Unconsciousness can be a good thing when the alternative is much worse: LaVerne Zocco, Sounds Before Night. |
| Poetry |
David Adès, The Hammer of Uncertainty David Barber, Humans |
| Memoir | B. Z. Niditch reminisces about Alex and Friends. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Chris Hugh and Charles M. Knudsen. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
Thomas F. Wylie, “Nobody’s Hell” |
| Challenge | Challenge 491 plays Tit for Tat, Too. |
| The Reading Room |
David Scholes, Alien Hunter, 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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