The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 638
| Novel |
Fred Looseman’s avatar, Floozman, has proclaimed a vision and a mission. It has to do with real and virtual life and death. His companions now have to hold a meeting and decide what to do about it. Bertrand Cayzac, Floozman in Space
Chapter 12: Sunt lacrimae rerum, part 2; part 3
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| Serial | The hands from the skyborne cathedral reach for the dying and, at the same time, cause the living to show who they are: Chris Capps, Hands from the Sky, part 3; conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Bryan Brown shows how an unseen war between barely visible life forms could cause “collateral damage”: Celeste’s Secret, part 1; part 2; conclusion. In any legal case, the question is: Where does justice lie? Police detectives McCoy and Garcia discover another question: When does justice lie? Gary Clifton, On Frailty’s Honor, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Richard B. Walsh introduces Suresh, a hunter in a post-apocalyptic world. He discovers an abandoned factory that appears to be devoid of life. It isn’t: The Hunter in the Ruins, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Robert March is very much alone — until he finds a kindred soul: Ron Van Sweringen, Robert Marsh’s Hurricane. |
| Poetry | New contributor Gregory E. Lucas, The Slaughter |
| Short Poetry |
Ann Keith, This Is the Door Carmen Ruggero, My Home Is Ready |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Bryan Brown, Gregory E. Lucas, and Richard B. Walsh. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 638 is Ready and Waiting. |
| News | Bewildering Stories scratches an Annoyance Factor. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Emerald Gaze 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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