The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 544

Novel	Like Earl Crier, Henry Akita has returned home from the war in Europe to a mixed reception, but his wounds are less visible than Crier’s: Sherman Smith, Two Blind Men and a Fool Chapter 2: Welcome Home, Son
Serial	Grandpa tells Hannah what happened to Grandma. He invites Hannah to stay after sundown both for and as dessert: Tim Simmons, What Grandma Done, (part 1; part 2); part 3; conclusion.
Short Stories	Roger and Joyce had split up basically over matters of taste. What comes after that? Edward Ahern, After Taste. New contributor Christopher Cornell recounts a spooky incident in the suburban gardening wars: Growing Season. New contributor Megan Lokensgard introduces young Hailey, who takes a cautionary lesson from the enigmatic Oatmeal Girl. New contributor Ann K. Williams takes the reader on a desert trek where we meet mysterious characters Coming Undone, part 1; conclusion.
Poetry	Piyush Pandey, In the Castle of Kings
Short Poetry	Oonah V. Joslin, Minneapolis’ Natural Jazz
Essay	New contributor Garin G. Webb shows where the “Devil” really was in the history of American popular music in the early 20th century: The Devil in Blues, Ragtime and Jazz, part 1; part 2; part 3; conclusion.

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Christopher Cornell, Megan Lokensgard, Garin G. Webb, and Ann K. Williams.
Challenge	Challenge 544 grinds Sand in the Gears.
Letters	The Critics’ Corner discusses Hot Potatoes and Capitalization.
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Previous NASA photos Earth Observatory Picture of the Day Our Earth as Art *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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