The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 682
| Serials |
For one brief moment, the helpless logician reaches beyond his past to summon enough strength to supplement the selkie’s powers:
Allie Dawson, The Logician and the Selkie, part 3; conclusion. Henry Serling sells a valuable commodity to the local townspeople: time. Henry’s friend, Fred, has bought some paint from a mysterious traveling salesman. The paint is highly corrosive: Arthur Davis, The Man Who Sold Time, part 1; part 2; part 3. |
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| Short Stories |
Two young friends, Ricky and Jimmy, make a big mistake with the money from the night shift. They”re distracted by their own lascivious ogling. They’re going to learn there are six players in that game:
Rick Jankowski, You Deserve a Break Today, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Sean Mulroy introduces a boy who likes to play in a forest. He espies a peculiar landform and decides it’s just the place for The Altar for Pan, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
When dealing with roughnecks, negotiate from a position of strength — or at least pretend to: Gary Clifton, Madman at the Gate. |
| Poetry | Shola Balogun, Songs to the Stringed Instruments |
| Short Poetry |
David Adès, Hole in One Lana Bella, Mourning Its Fallen Comrades |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Sean Mulroy. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 682 groans Gimme a Break. |
| The Reading Room |
Alison McBain reviews Bascom James, ed., Hyperpowers. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Parasitus Spinuletus 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
Readers’ reactions are always welcome.
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