The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 691
| Novel |
Jackson Bain accepts Jiri’s breakup perhaps a little too readily. Jiri and Lea share a moment of happiness as they plan to marry, but Jiri receives a warning from the future. Bill Kowaleski, Living Standards
Chapter 7: Jiri Comes of Age
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| Short Stories |
How can a professor plan a wedding when she’s plagued by an unfair parking ticket and a fingerprint-obsessed husband?
Channie Greenberg, Right-Sided. New contributor A. Elizabeth Herting shows that abandonment might drive a young man to join The Boys of Little Round Top, part 1; conclusion. New contributor J. M. Vogel turns a classic fairytale upside down: Hansel and Gretel: The Teenage Years, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
What does parental status mean, anyway, especially when people seem bent on telling you a truly bewildering story? Charles C. Cole, My Gypsy Mother. |
| Poetry | Richard Stevenson, Olgoi Khoskhoi |
| Short Poetry |
Gregg Dotoli, Neon Stardust Robert W. Shmigelsky, The Endless Sea |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes A. Elizabeth Herting and J. M. Vogel. |
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| Discussion | Bertrand Cayzac recalls Echoes of Cassandra’s Voices. |
| Challenge |
Challenge 690 Response analyzes the culprit in “Dead Ends.” Challenge 691 looks at two titles and wonders Where’s His Daddy? |
| The Reading Room |
Alison McBain reviews Ellen Datlow, ed. Lethal Kisses. |
| The Art Gallery |
Denny Marshall, Star Maker 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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