The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 582
| Novel |
Mireio leads Kyran on a mission to rescue the two young princes, but Prince Majvaz is in hot pursuit. Sarah Ann Watts, Winter Ship |
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| Novella |
Lady Lucky’s mother doesn’t want children; they might turn out to be too much like her or her husband. Lady Lucky makes plans to go traveling with her scrying mirror. Tantra Bensko, Equinox Mirror |
| Special Feature |
How might war casualties feel, especially in wars that make no sense? Natan Dubovitsky, Without Sky : tr. Bill Bowler |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Kim Bussing introduces a girl who is hopelessly in love with Joe, who is in love with his shoes... and himself: All-Stars, part 1; conclusion. What might happen to a machine that can give people emotions they barely remember they’ve lost? Abha Iyengar, The Man with Heart, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Sometimes, mowing a lawn can become a battle of wits between the mower and... the mower: Charles C. Cole, Dumb Mowers. |
| Poetry |
Zane Blom, Armand and Katherine Jason C. Ford, Piano Song |
| Short Poetry |
Alyssa D. Ross, The Gucci Glass Slipper |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Kim Bussing. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
Bill Bowler, Natan Dubovitsky’s “Without Sky” |
| Challenge |
Challenge 579 Response: The Abductee Returns : with Tantra Bensko Challenge 582 cannot go to Flattenedland. |
| The Art Gallery |
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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