The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 559
| Novel |
In Gibby’s bar, Stella takes charge and helps her friends get squared away. Back in the hospital administrator’s office, though, making a mess is more in order. Sherman Smith, Two Blind Men and a Fool |
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| Short Stories |
Have you ever wondered what goes into making a reality TV show? Are you sure you really want to know? You may get more than you bargained for: Richard A. Conine, Lonely Planet, part 1; part 2; conclusion Sometimes cleaning up one’s living space also involves cleaning up one’s life: Morris Marshall, The Turquoise Turtle. New contributor Jacob T. Morris introduces Cath, a kind-hearted lady who has trouble with men. She also has a super-power that requires her to make some painful trade-offs: Healer’s Trades. New contributor Luke Thomas brings Eiko and Otto into a conflict where they can either be brothers or appease powerful supernatural entities: The Generosity of Spirits, part 1; part 2; conclusion. A flock of crows comes to punish Walter Marsh for his sins: Ron Van Sweringen, The Eyes of Matilda Rose. |
| Flash Fiction |
A proverb says that the Devil is dangerous not because he is smart but because he is so old. But Faust, too, has grown old and wise, and he may have found a way to beat “Mephisto” at his own game: João Ventura, A Faustian Unbargain — Como Fausto não vendeu a alma. |
| Poetry | B. Z. Niditch, In the Full Moon |
Departments
| Challenge | Challenge 559 Cleaning House |
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| The Reading Room |
David K. Scholes, Trathh, excerpt |
| Paul Celan |
Clarise Samuels, Holocaust Visions: The Poetry of Paul Celan |
| 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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