The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 717
| Novel |
Power struggles can make a revolution a victim of its own success. Bill Kowaleski, Living Standards
Chapter 37: The Guillotine Drops
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| Novella | Michael learns the truth about the Clements and Hatch Island, but there’s more to it. He and his father have had a charmed life at crucial moments: Bill Prindle, Somewhere Beyond the Sea, part 8; part 9. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Will Bernardara, Jr. reveals a disturbing trend: murderous violence can become as familiar as the weather. Heed the Wild Weather warnings. Want to escape? Improvise an imposture: Sameer Kulkarni, The Shrinking of Barry Teeter, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Josh Medsker shows that impersonation is one thing, involuntary reincarnation, quite another: The Comeback. |
| Flash Fiction |
What’s a fire marshal to do when inspecting a gallery where the artistic medium is just a little too realistic? Lori R. Lopez, Gallery. |
| Short Poetry |
Gregg Dotoli, June Walk Karin S. Heigl, Clinking Souls Denny Marshall, Unseen Deep Travelers |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Josh Medsker. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 717 cautions: Come Back Carefully. |
| The Music Hall |
Ada Fetters reviews Tobacco at the Crocodile. |
| The Art Gallery |
Channie Greenberg, My Electronic Garden Steven Rice, Claw 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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