The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 731
| Novel |
Dallas Police Detectives Davis McCoy and Maggs Wilson follow leads in a cold case of murder. Trouble is, the murders keep piling up. Gary Clifton, The Dead Bin |
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| Novella |
Krista, a professor of Economics, is delayed on her way to class when one of her former students, Gavin McLeod, falls from a tall office building. Some people seem to know too much or too little about it, and a Toronto Police Detective, Tran, has strong doubts that Gavin’s death was a suicide. Morris J. Marshall, Volatility Cycles |
| Short Stories |
Would you like to have your masterpiece published? Be prepared for some complex negotiations:
Channie Greenberg, Fame and Fortune. New contributor Mike Soldat shows how Sur’in, an unscrupulous mage, gives a whole new meaning to the expression “dining out.” In more than one way, it involves Choosing a Life. |
| Drama | Who plans to move into this new home anyway: the buyers or the furnishings? Charles C. Cole, The Rug Man. |
| Poetry |
New contributor Chiamaka Okonkwo, Lost Dogs and City Lights Sultana Raza, Honourable Discharge Classic Reissue: Carmen Ruggero, The Sound of Time |
| Short Poetry |
Oonah V. Joslin, Exploring Hemispheres Denny Marshall, Stowaway |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Chiamaka Okonwko and Mike Soldat. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 730 Response examines the literary possibilities of The Priceless Barking Dog. Challenge 731 reviews some high-school physics with t = (2d/g)½. |
| Interview | Bewildering Stories reports on Bertil Falk in India. |
| The Reading Room |
Marina J. Neary, Sirens Over the Hudson excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Spider Tree 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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