The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 864
| Novels |
Yegor’s own expeiences convince him that Crybaby was really killed in Mamaev’s film. He sets out on a quest to find the truth. Natan Dubovitsky, Near Zero
Chapter 27: Dvadtsat’ Sem’
Ethnologist-Mark confers with the Cygnian police commander about the Green Band’s influence and the prospect of conflict with visiting meat-eating humans. Bill Kowaleski, Creative Destruction
Chapter 23: Mark Gets the Police on Board
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| Novella |
Arthur Davis introduces Logan Drewry, who will confront determined adversaries and wild beasts on the desert called The Morland Basking Plain
Chapter 1: The Dragons of Eden, part 1;
part 2.
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| Short Stories |
Civilization dissolves in a hail of gunfire:
Gary Clifton, The Vortex. New contributor Victoria Mason shows that architectural preferences needn’t stand in the way of love: My Lemon. Detective Jim Jenkins is quite successful in solving cases and pursuing justice. He has the help of a partner whose career has not really been cut short: Bob Welbaum, With a Little Help From My Friend, part 1; conclusion. |
| Poetry |
Stephen Ellams, North Wind and Sun New contributor Peter Roberts, In a Maryland Graveyard |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Victoria Mason and Peter Roberts. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 864 remembers an old song about Lemon Flowers and Fruit. |
| The Reading Room |
Richard Thieme, Mobius: a Memoir excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, The Phantom Bride 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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