The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 738
| Novel |
McCoy has figured out who and where Lola Blue must be. In the final standoff, four guns are drawn, and three shots are fired. The bizarre summation is taken from a case in real life. Gary Clifton, The Dead Bin |
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| Novella |
Krista hasn’t shown up for a dinner date with Tran. He suspects correctly where she must be. Gavin’s father, Bill, is also coming to the rescue, and he’s also packing heat. Morris J. Marshall, Volatility Cycles |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Sean Deville depicts the desperate days of a severely wounded veteran in Britain after the Iraq war: Jock. Bewildering Stories is by no means all Halloween, but Halloween may come at any time: Roy Dorman, Death in the French Quarter. New contributor Kevin Stadt shows how love can transcend law and logic in a way that even an android can understand: Beneath the Cloud. |
| Flash Fiction |
Why might you not want a “good fairy” to grant you three wishes? Edward Ahern, The Good Fairy. |
| Poetry |
Michael Lee Johnson, Alexandra David-Neel Oonah V. Joslin, An Ode to “It” |
| Short Poetry |
Mike Acker, Gray Day Herb Kauderer, Mid-Night Ghosts |
Departments
| The Critics’ Corner |
Gary Clifton discusses The Dead Bin and Real Life. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 738 knows what is Incalculable. |
| The Reading Room |
Alison McBain reviews Ann Cefola, Free Ferry. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Shadowlight 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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