The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 589
| News |
This is the last regular issue of the summer or winter quarter, depending on your hemisphere. Next week we’ll bring you the Editors’ Choices in the Third Quarterly Review of 2014. We’ll resume regular publication with issue 590, on September 29. |
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| Novel |
Kyran has always lived far from the sea, and his first experience of sailing is far from pleasant. But sometimes even Razvan can’t control the waves, and Kyran has a big surprise for him. Sarah Ann Watts, Winter Ship Chapter 13: Rude Awakening, part 1; part 2
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Jedd Cole introduces Hassan, little Yusuf, and the Inquisitor, who has some old scores to settle: Eyes for the Inquisitor’s Children, part 1; conclusion. Frankenstein’s monster needs companionship, and with it comes a name: E. B. Fischadler, They Called Me.... A social club devoted to investigating ghosts is surprised to find where one comes from: Grove Koger, Effect and Cause. |
| Flash Fiction |
If you really must be a cat at times, you can always blame the dog for anything that goes wrong: Heather J. Frederick, Mrs. Macy Jones. |
| Poetry | John Grey, To a Dead Man: We Need You |
| Short Poetry |
Zane Blom, Scorned, Bereft and Innocent Oonah V. Joslin, Maybe the Brave |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Jedd Cole. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 589 sees water everywhere And Some Drops to Drink. |
| Letters |
Noel Joslin, Hearing Cassandra’s Voices Oonah V. Joslin, Filling the Blank |
| 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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