The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 611
| Novel |
Rodney Neumann places a phone call to Lydia. Summoned to a kind of Mammon Party Congress, he sees a beauteous co-worker in attendance. He is attacked by Baron Xenotula and defended by Dr. Nacroanus. John W. Steele, The Chronicle of Belthaeous |
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| Serial | Sister Amelia takes a big risk in in confronting the Waja: Kochava Greene, Incident at St. Laurita’s, part 4; conclusion |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Christopher J. Ferguson introduces Detectives Marcus and Stieger, who discover a criminal mind behind A Thin Veil of Innocence, part 1;
part 2;
part 3;
conclusion.
New contributor Catherine J. Skye has Detective Julia Rosati examine a case of arson and a missing person in The Butterfly Inquiries. |
| Flash Fiction |
Even space aliens may need to learn the consequences of overfishing: Charles C. Cole, Dwight Janko Saves the Human Race. |
| Poetry | New contributor Sudha Srivatsan, The Soot In-Between |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Gregg Dotoli, After Night Snow Dawnell Harrison, The Monsoon |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Gregg Dotoli, Christopher J. Ferguson, Catherine J. Skye, and Sudha Srivatsan. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 611 shivers when The Arctic Moves South. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Frozen Waves 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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