The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 702
| Novel |
Jackson Bain has a plan to bring down a political opponent and rescue her drug slave, Carlo, into the bargain. Bill Kowaleski, Living Standards
Chapter 19: Carlo Spills
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| Short Stories |
A spy who makes herself a target is likely to be running too big a risk:
David Castlewitz, Red Eye, part 1; conclusion. Mr. Loggins and Bubbles the Clown go back a long way, perhaps longer than either suspects: Walter Kwiatkowski, The Jack-in-the-Box, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Rick Pearson ponders whether the first message to SETI might be Quiet Time Has Begun, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
A stopped watch gives an old man time to reminisce: Ed Kyatt, A Dance by the Lake. |
| Drama | Loss, an ex-husband boss and a death cult are too much for one person to deal with alone: Charles C. Cole, Now Departing. |
| Poetry | Stephen Ellams, Love Letters Never Sent |
| Short Poetry |
Edward Ahern, The Relationship Shola Balogun, Ifegali James R. Rudolph, Winterkill Anna Ruiz, Fierce Love |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Rick Pearson. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 700 Response: Blood Group Challenge 701 Response looks at The Rue de la Paix. Challenge 702 has a message to space aliens: Keep Off the Grass. |
| The Reading Room |
Alison McBain reviews Sydney Somers, Call Me Cupid. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Earth’s Beating Heart 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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