The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 526
| Novel |
The Federation frontier worlds prefer good government to bad, even if it is the space aliens’. And the birth of Lucy, the first human-Dohani hybrid, portends a new future for humans and Dohani alike. Martin Kerharo, The Dohani War |
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| Serial | Zak is trapped by his own rash impulses, but his clan mates show they are better than he; they have a very different way of thinking: Bill Bowler, The House of Mammoth Bones, conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
What if a rock musician could take his band back in time to become stars like the Rolling Stones? Be careful what you wish for; you might just get it: Jack Alcott, The Jaggers, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Zac Miller takes modern social media and virtual reality a step into the future and — oops! — over the edge: Age of Reception, part 1; conclusion. Can a classical wood nymph and a modern Crow Witch have anything in common? Mike Phillips, Victims of Love, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
A fairy tale becomes a poem in numbers: Joanna M. Weston, Liese and the Numbers from Blue. |
| Poetry |
New contributor Joy Leftow, In a Little Café New contributor Aniket Sanyal, You Would Be Surprised |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Prospero Pulma, Jr., The Captives |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Joy Leftow, Prospero Pulma, Jr., and Aniket Sanyal. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 526 takes a page from Dr. Freud: Sometimes a Bone Is Just a Bone. |
| Editorial | Don Webb, Mysteries of The Dohani War |
| 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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