The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 725
| Novel |
Police officers have a hard enough time catching “mopes” and other criminals. When an aggressive defense lawyer and Internal Affairs are added to the mix, officers Harper, McCoy and Wilson really have their hands full. Gary Clifton, The Dead Bin |
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| Novella | Cricket is not your ordinary runaway. She’s off on a mission of mercy for her dog, Smidge. And she has a remarkable talent for resourceful planning: Edna C. Horning, God Has One, Too, part 2. |
| Short Stories |
When Daniel Pike goes looking for his wife, Diana, in a beauty salon, he can’t find her. The real problem is why she isn’t there:
Walter Kwiatkowski, The Dryers Are in Use, part 1; conclusion. Eve lives in a world inside a whale. She is immortal and something of a poet when it comes to world-building: Ljubo Popovich, Eve in the Belly of the Whale, part 1; conclusion. What might our word processors think of us? Do we really want to know? Martin Westlake, Constructive Feedback, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Is ugliness really such a crime? Charles C. Cole, The Last Day of The Ugly Man. |
| Poetry |
Julie Finch, Daddy’s Little Girl Channie Greenberg, Playing Housewife Karin S. Heigl, Wicked Honey |
| Essay | Which is better: to read or Snapchat? Mr. Ben, Living With Information Technology. |
Departments
| Challenge |
Challenge 724 Response asks What Are You Doing? Challenge 725 visits Jonah’s Counterpart. |
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| The Reading Room |
Alison McBain reviews Genie Davis, The Model Man. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Dream Entity 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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