The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 550

Novel	Earl, Brooks and Henry hold a jam session that enthralls the hospital patients. Thanks to Stella, Ivory rediscovers his love of the guitar. But danger lurks in the shadows. Governments distrust art; they see in it a rival power: Sherman Smith, Two Blind Men and a Fool Chapter 11: One Bourbon, One Scotch, part 1; part 2
Novella	Beginnings and endings bring sadness in Driscoll’s life. In between lies happiness, but it must be learned: Mark Bonica, Spiraling In 7: Year 820, 180 days post-crash 8: Year 837 9: Year 820, 181 days post-crash, part 1; part 2
Short Stories	New contributor Tom Borthwick puts Tim in a quandary. How can Tim rejoin his beloved wife Mary when it means abandoning his life and accepting a promise he cannot believe? Living in the Singularity, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Adam Natali introduces a paranormal researcher to a ghostly nun. Can a polite but devout skeptic have faith? A Nun and the Afterlife. New contributor Lilliana Rose has some practical advice for microbes navigating the cells of the shopping-mall organism: Browsing.
Flash Fiction	Sometimes love persists despite insurmountable obstacles: Marian Brooks, The Rings of Saturn.
Short Poetry	Oonah V. Joslin, Rook Band Visalakshi Viswanathan, The Minstrel’s Tryst

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Tom Borthwick, Adam Natali, and Lilliana Rose.
Challenge	Challenge 550 oscillates between Beyond and Back Again. Challenge 550 Response hastens To Haides and Back.
The Reading Room	Martin Hill Ortiz, A Predatory Mind : excerpt Danielle L. Parker, A Shopping List: Travel Literature
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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