The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 604
| Novel |
Rodney Neumann is ready to join Dr. Nacroanus on their ascent of a remote Himalayan mountain. In a solemn farewell, Thrangu offers Rodney a gift and an ominous word of caution. John W. Steele, The Chronicle of Belthaeous Chapter 4: A Tin God’s Dream, part 1; part 2
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| Novella | Stew and Roxy are in the clutches of the giant, shape-shifting space alien. Meanwhile, Dr. Taylor reaches into the depths in hopes that her 20th experiment will save the day: Glenn Gray, A Day in the Cornfield, parts 24-27; parts 28-30, conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Bill Prindle demonstrates that life inside a video game may be disconcertingly similar to life outside it: Cogito, ergo Sim sum, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
A neighbor is as much a matter of definition as of locality: Charles C. Cole, A Message Served Cold. In what kind of society is a good worker dispensable? Jack Phillips Lowe, Open Availability. |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Saren Axius, The Riddle Michael Murry, Sacred Surgical Strikes |
| Essay | A little-known physical phenomenon may account for a lot of strange occurrences in the world we think we know: Boghos L. Artinian and Don Webb, Morphic Resonance. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Bill Prindle. |
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| Editorial | Don Webb answers the question Are We Charlie? |
| Challenge | Challenge 604 encourages you to have Fun With Your New Dimensions. |
| The Reading Room |
Jeffrey Penn May, Where the River Splits : excerpt |
| 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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