The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 556

News	Your Managing Editor will be traveling from Saturday 18 to Friday 24 January. I expect to be able to put issues 557 and 558 on line in time, but e-mail contact will be sporadic at best for a while. Please be patient.
Novel	Brooks may not be able to sing or play the piano well, but give him a tuxedo and cane and he can really put on a show. Sherman Smith, Two Blind Men and a Fool Chapter 19: I’m Not Nuts, part 1; part 2; part 3
Serial	Despite the gunfire and car chases, Biotec manages to continue its mysterious operations: Ásgrímur Hartmannsson, Working People, part 3; conclusion.
Short Stories	Is there nothing so bad it can’t get better... or worse? Jason provides comfort enough to his ailing former schoolmate, Phoebe: David Brookes, Jason’s Solution, part 1; part 2, conclusion. New contributor Abbigail N. Rosewood introduces Cory and Elaine, who apply Alexandro’s remedy for The Letum Drive, part 1; conclusion.
Flash Fiction	Good luck is bad luck, and bad luck is good. Place no bets where Tom has stood. Jo Wharton Heath, As Luck Would Have It
Poetry	Robert J. Meindl, Sea Geese
Short Poetry	Michael Amitin, Marooned Bells Channie Greenberg, About Those Codfish
Essay	Is mankind superior to lower forms of life? Take your time; don’t answer hastily: Kumaar Pradhan, Black Pal.

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Abbigail N. Rosewood.
Challenge	Challenge 555 Response dishes up Cold Comfort. Challenge 556 asks How to Here from There?
The Reading Room	Danielle L. Parker reviews Lydia Crichton, Grains of Truth.
Paul Celan	Clarise Samuels, Holocaust Visions: The Poetry of Paul Celan Chapter 1: From the Concrete to the Abstract
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

Readers’ reactions are always welcome.
Please write!

Return to top