The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 643
| Novel |
The hearse and map set off across country with Janatone and their cargo. On the way, they pick up a vagrant, Claire. The map does its best to beautify the route, but glimpses of decay emerge. Bertrand Cayzac, Floozman in Space
Chapter 14: Claire, part 2
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| Serial |
A science writer who goes by the pen name of Owmapow corresponds with editors about the intricacies of publishing: Channie Greenberg, The Owmapow Chronicles |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Denis Bushlatov follows the trail of Vladimir Stepanovich Avdeyev, whose boss and co-workers speak ambituous words that thinly veil a grisly reality: Safe Haven, part 1; part 2; part 3; conclusion. Sometimes a battle board game is just a game. And sometimes it isn’t: Bob Welbaum, Distant Replay. New contributor David Wright introduces a mysterious insurance salesman who arrives just in the nick of time: Specified Perils. |
| Poetry | Mike Acker, Digital Future |
| Prose Poetry |
New contributor Jessica Klein, Unfamiliar Read |
| Short Poetry |
Gregg Dotoli, New York Spell Marjorie Sadin, I Miss the Stars |
Departments
| Editorial | Bewildering Stories discusses Simultaneous Submissions. |
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| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Denis Bushlatov, Jessica Klein and David Wright. |
| Challenge | Challenge 643 asks Sign What? |
| Letters | Bewildering Stories asks What Shall We Say? |
| The Art Gallery |
Daniel Ayles, The Other Side of Normal 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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