The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 652
| Novels |
Facing overthrow by Jay-Bee’s forces, Jenny Appleseed confers with Brigitte Kaliyuga on means of escape. The choices are many, and they are complex in their ramifications. Bertrand Cayzac, Floozman in Space
Chapter 18: They, Too, Are Looking for Janatone, part 2
The Aquarium’s funding dries up. The scientists try to give the animals an escape route. Years later, an elderly marine biologist brings a little white cat to the island for a nostalgic visit. Elous Telma, Oikos Nannion
Chapter 4: The Decline and Fall of the Big Hole
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| Novellas |
Ouroboros Security Chief Richard Lohman is fond of heads. Identity-chip forger Solly Goldstein would do well to be aware of it.
Terry L. Mirll, Karat Cake, part 4. A little girl has an abduction dream. Aaron Evinrude acquires a decal that endears him to taser-wielding, bagel-baking Anini. Bruce Pavalon, Space Girl Blues |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Bob Lovely brings Albert Old Eagle to a new town and to new and unexpected friends: Breeds, part 1; part 2; conclusion. In a kind of hobby shop, strange-looking visitors may build strange things: Phil Temples, Makerspace. |
| Flash Fiction |
Co-workers may be sympathetic in times of illness, but they don’t dare forget a birthday: Melissa R. Mendelson, I’m Better Off With a Cat. |
| Poetry | Anna Ruiz, Pleiades, My Starship |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Robert Carr, Gristle Stephen Ellams, Soulmate |
| Essay | Famous names lurk in a small cemetery in Los Angeles: Andrew Sacks, Westwood’s Hidden Treasure |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Robert Carr and Bob Lovely. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
Bertrand Cayzac, Bouncing on Non-Being Don Webb, Seeking Everythingness |
| Challenge | Challenge 652 sees some things Spaced Out. |
| The Art Gallery |
Denny Marshall, Cinder Cale 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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