The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 533
| Novel | Erik goes on a virtual undercover mission in enemy computers: James Bright, Pyrrhic Victory, part 3. |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Dylan Larson-Harsch depicts life under Adam Smith’s “worst form of government”: Ralegine. New contributor Thomas Lesh does an ironic take on the old fairy tale about kissing a frog and getting a prince: The Frog Prince, part 1; conclusion. In a foundry plagued by a gremlin, Fritz and Billy can take some comfort in applying the principle ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend’: Mike Phillips, Machine Fink, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Some things are just not meant to be, except in stories: Charles C. Cole, Stel. All these chess players need is a bronze clock: Boris Kokotov, The Chess Players. |
| Poetry |
Michael D. Amitin, Zen Sunday Blues B. Z. Niditch, Four A.M. Irena Pasvinter, Lucky Bastard |
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Dylan Larson-Harsch and Thomas Lesh |
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| Challenge | Challenge 533 Check |
| The Art Gallery |
Don Webb, Laptop 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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