The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 572
| Novel |
Stella has searched for Earl all over San Franciso; now it’s Earl’s turn to search for her. Stub Wilcox applies for a job. He has a nervous tic that makes him unemployable, but he’s a great bartender and a fine partner for Earl’s musical routine. Sherman Smith, Two Blind Men and a Fool |
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| Serial | Gardar Varinsson sets out to bring home his baby daughter. On the way, he is challenged to solve a murder mystery and finds he may not be paid for his efforts: Bertil Falk, The Number of the Killer, part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
Kindly old Professor Sears has the best of intentions in confiding in Margaret, but he has not yet heard of what happens to whistleblowers: C. E. Gee, The Crime of the Ancient Mariner. Jonas is a hit man for hire in peaceful Smoky Bay. A commission earns him a lively afternoon of gunplay, demolition derby and collateral damage: Ásgrímur Hartmannsson, Assassination, Ltd. New contributor Martin Westlake introduces Peter Spencer-Lord, an enthusiastic inventor and businessman who plans to provide the world with an adequate food supply. It’s one of those best-laid plans of mice and men: Just Protein, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
When digging cemetery plots, one can’t be too careful in choosing which earth-moving contractor to hire: Charles C. Cole, Cemetery Blues. |
| Poetry | Bill Bowler, The History of the Last Five Seconds |
| Short Poetry |
Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, The Old Man |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Martin Westlake. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
Bewildering Stories discusses Film Cartoon Culture in the Pre- and Post-War Eras. |
| Challenge | Challenge 572 wonders Where the Cactus Doesn’t Grow. |
| 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
Readers’ reactions are always welcome.
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