The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 501
| Short Stories |
What if newspapers could be duplicated and delivered as easily as the people in this story? Jack Alcott, The Dupes, part 1; conclusion. If interstellar colonists need to change in order to adapt to their new planets, they really ought to have a say in the matter: Ian Cordingley, Executives of Neon Death. From the science fiction of old to the science prophecies of today to the far future, a starship is launched: Bertil Falk, A Taste of the Future. Jonathan and Heather have something in common; they just don’t know it yet: Raud Kennedy, Silver Elvis. Sometimes sentiment can hinge on sound alone: Richard Ong, Voice of a Princess. |
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| Poetry |
Rebecca Lu Kiernan, Gifts from Scientists Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, The Game Stake |
| Short Poetry |
B. Z. Niditch, Schoolyard Years |
Departments
| Challenge | Challenge 501 Dupe the Dupe? |
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| The Reading Room |
Sue Parman, The Thin Monster House, 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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