The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 563
| Novel |
Irene pulls a fast one on Officer Newman, but Brooks has to face facts with Earl, Gibby, Henry and, above all, Stella. Sherman Smith, Two Blind Men and a Fool |
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| Short Stories |
Two young people working at a colony on Mars discover that they have a mission elsewhere: C. E. Gee, Back to the Garden, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Sean Gill shows how the future may give an entirely new twist to the concept of a “minimum wage”: Gasping for Air, part 1; part 2; conclusion. Property can be protected with a hex, but one must have the temperament to word it properly: Dimitrije Medenica, The Red String. |
| Flash Fiction |
The difference between Heaven and Hell does not consist only in having a conscience, it also consists in having a sense of proportion: Charles C. Cole, A Cosmic Appeal. A childish fit of temper has consequences that may seem funny, but they can be quite sad from the child’s point of view: Ron Van Sweringen, Saying Goodbye to Whiskers. |
| Poetry | B. Z. Niditch, Pasternak’s Legacy |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Sean Gill. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 563 recruits a Special-Ops Librarian. |
| 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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