The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 626
| Novel |
Janatone leaves an unborn child in the care of a nurse. Fred Looseman is working in space. Captain Diana and Dr. Weenie debate what Janatone and the Europans may be up to. Bertrand Cayzac, Floozman in Space |
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| Serial |
Laura engages multi-taste George as her assistant and has a falling-out with her sister Phlox. Channie Greenberg, The Perils of Dr. Laura Whitfield |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Patrick S. Baker shows that ranchers can deal with cattle rustlers in the “Old West” way. But what if the ranchers suddenly find themselves in a “new west”? Top Hand. How can a disaffected researcher escape her pursuers when the entire environment is engineered to catch her? David Cleden, Snitch. In a “steampunk” Old West, military exercises are not always what they seem to be, nor are the automatons: Richard Ong, The Gun-Blazing Marionettes of Blue Haven, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Poetry | Robert Shmigelsky, At Adrianna’s Crown |
| Short Poetry |
Oonah V. Joslin, Meandering Through Monet’s Garden at Giverny |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Patrick S. Baker. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 626 advises: Bite, Then Run. |
| Letters | James Shaffer discusses Dead Narrators and Ghosts. |
| The Reading Room |
Colin W. Campbell reviews M. K. MacInnes, Close Call. |
| The Art Gallery |
Daniel Ayles, The Guiding Light 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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