The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 687
| Novel |
Jiri puts up with acting his part as a porn star in exchange for the comfortable life the wealthies afford him. But he finds unexpected benefits: two new friends and fascinating work in film editing. Bill Kowaleski, Living Standards
Chapter 3: The Producers
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| Serial | Demon Second Class Tom Teufel enjoys lolling in infernal idleness until he is assigned to a retraining program on Earth. Bill Prindle, A Demonic Dilemma, part 1; part 2 |
| Short Stories |
New contributor David Castlewitz has Lee bring home Edna, a new girlfriend, contrary to his MAMA’s instructions. Edna is clever and attractive, but Lee is still, in some ways, a MAMA’s Boy. In some murder cases you just wish all the suspects had done it: Gary Clifton, Odd Man In. Dr. Whitfield hopes her Jupiter lobsters can interest a student she has mentored: Channie Greenberg, Dr. Laura Whitfield’s Dream of Recycling |
| Poetry | Douglas Young, The Airport |
| Short Poetry |
Shola Balogun, I Did Not Take a Vow of Silence Lana Bella, Suburb Heartbeats Gregg Dotoli, Is and Vision |
Departments
| Article | Gary Clifton describes unusual uses of Emergency Equipment. |
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| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes David Castlewitz. |
| Challenge | Challenge 687 rather likes MAMA Dearest. |
| The Reading Room |
Alison McBain reviews Edward Ahern, Capricious Visions. |
| The Art Gallery |
Denny Marshall, Opposite Catch 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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