The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 571
| Novel |
Like Brooks, Earl finally lands a gig he’s happy with. Stella is still searching for her happiness, and Ivory is well on the way to recovering his own. Sherman Smith, Two Blind Men and a Fool |
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| Short Stories |
A cold case of murder turns into a hot case of international intrigue: Gary Clifton, Murder at Dead Woman Pass, part 1; part 2; conclusion. In a post-apocalyptic drought, a marooned water carrier seems to have only enemies, but he may yet have a friend or two: Ian Cordingley, Pushing the Sky Away, part 1; part 2, conclusion. A “No Trespassing” sign may be a warning as well as a prohibition: John W. Steele, The Sentry at Ice Cave. New contributor Bob Welbaum shows how Fate may make one person’s wrong turn do a good turn for someone else: A Fateful Evening. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Jeremy Szal gives knight errant Zimm a choice of monsters to slay: A Hunter’s Wrath. |
| Short Poetry |
John Grey, Test Tube Babies |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Jeremy Szal and Bob Welbaum. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 570 Response discusses Cultural and Historical Realism. Challenge 571 asks The Price of a Four-Block Fare. |
| The Reading Room |
Danielle L. Parker reviews Matthew Hughes, The Henghis Hapthorn series. |
| 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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