The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 677
| Serial | Mr. Lawson and Mr. Kellerman become acquainted. They’d like to have dinner, but Estelle can’t come over: Deborah Rochford, Two Proposals, part 3; part 4. |
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| Short Stories |
Buchanan is a veteran policeman who carefully cultivates a stoic demeanor. He finds it isn’t as easy as he’d like to make it look:
Gary Clifton, Buchanan and Tonya. In a plague-stricken village, Reever has to come to terms with death: Terry Hamel, Emptiness and Hope. Life in a call centre can occasionally get interesting. You never know who’ll answer the cold call: Morris Marshall, Warm Voice, Cold Calls, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Maggie senses that Frank has forbidden feelings for her, especially when he lets her know in a casual but dramatic way: Tabaré Álvarez, The Dangerous Love of Mr. Frank. |
| Poetry | Lana Bella, An Ode to Dying |
| Short Poetry |
Edward Ahern, Luna Calls New contributor Sarah Vernetti, Humanlike |
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Sarah Vernetti. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
Bewildering Stories discusses Contact With the Depths with Martin Kerharo and Elous Telma. |
| Challenge | Challenge 677 sings Light My Bag. |
| The Reading Room |
Channie Greenberg, Friends and Rabid Hedgehogs excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Denny Marshall, The Blue Pyramids of Aquatina Richard Ong, Dance of the Forest Wraiths 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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