The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 728
| Novel |
Detectives Davis McCoy and Maggs Wilson investigate cold cases. Each of the persons of interest has a very odd appearance, and one of them has weird ideas to match. Gary Clifton, The Dead Bin |
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| Novella | Aunt Vera has been busy mending fences with the extended family. Cricket now has some explaining to do with her parents: Edna C. Horning, God Has One, Too, part 5. |
| Short Stories |
Deadly monsters appear out of a book of magic. A group of girls find it only a little less difficult to deal with the monsters than with their own personal problems:
Peter Medeiros, Everything After the Monsters, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Hayleigh Santra introduces a rockmaker who learns that cloudmaking is a fascinating but exceedingly intricate art form: The Young Cloudmaker, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Poetry |
Stephen Ellams, Circular Buddhist Prayer Fabrice B. Poussin, Visitors |
| Short Poetry |
Herb Kauderer, First Car Ghost New contributor Sultana Raza, Capsizing Prospects |
Departments
| The Critics’ Corner |
Bewildering Stories wonders about Spelling Chastely. |
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| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Sultana Raza and Heyleigh Santra. |
| Challenge | Challenge 728 espies some Undeceiving Looks. |
| Interview | Bewildering Stories links to An Interview With Edward Ahern. |
| The Reading Room |
KJ Hannah Greenberg, Mothers Ought To Utter Only Niceties excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Two Suns 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
Readers’ reactions are always welcome.
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