The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 655
| Novels |
Captain Diana commands the Lighthouse on its ever-faster flight towards Europa. She and the crew experience increasingly strange visions until they meet Astralix, whom she recognizes, and who she says is not a Gaulois... Bertrand Cayzac, Floozman in Space
Chapter 19: Set and Setting, part 3
Frank, an intrepid sailor, moors his yacht at Dioptra. Nannion watches as he explores the island. Unfortunately, Frank sets out in the wrong direction. Elous Telma, Oikos Nannion
Chapter 7: Frank’s Long Jump, part 1; part 2
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| Novellas |
The Old Man of Ouroboros is gloating over his freshly transmuted heavy gold. Williamson/Flemel has absconded with the formula. Where’s Lohman’s secretary when he really needs her? Terry L. Mirll, Karat Cake, part 8 A girl has a pretty but ominous dream. Anini and Aaron find a cryptic symbol in the igloo, and they’re late to work. Bruce Pavalon, Space Girl Blues |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Charlene Ashley Taylor depicts a case of demonic possession: When Shadows Come Calling. New contributor Matt Thompson shows how spies might be more interesting than their purported information: The Map of the One Hundred and Eighty-One Seas. |
| Poetry | Lana Bella, A Body That Is Entirely a Head |
| Short Poetry |
Edward Ahern, The Curse of Giving New contributor Alison McBain, From Stars Born on Earth |
| Essay | New contributor Brenda Kern studies, in a dramatic lyrical essay, the meaning inherent in affective memory: Still, in the Woods. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Brenda Kern, Alison McBain, David McDaniel, Charlene A. Taylor, and Matt Thompson. |
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| The Art Gallery |
Denny Marshall, Hallway Exchange New contributor David McDaniel, Robots’ Picnic 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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Copyright © February 15, 2016
by Bewildering Stories
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