The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 602
| Novel |
Rodney Neumann begins his adventures with the hypnotically charismatic genius Dr. Adrian Nacroanus. John W. Steele, The Chronicle of Belthaeous |
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| Short Stories |
The object of any game is to win. But what is the object of playing the game? E. B. Fischadler, Number 47, Victor Frenchstone. Klay is so curiously equanimous a police inspector that he, himself, becomes the mystery: Anthony Lukas, Inspector Klay and the Nico, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Might a mutual daydream tell the dreamers more than they may be ready to admit? Charles C. Cole, Answering the Call. New contributor Julian Drury portrays a tree that has an unusual method of propagation: Lignum. |
| Poetry | Channie Greenberg, Not Partial to the Purple Falcon |
| Short Poetry |
Oonah V. Joslin, Fenestration |
Departments
| Interview | Bewildering Stories interviews Beverly Forehand. |
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| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Julian Drury. |
| The Critics’ Corner |
Bertil Falk offers a revisionist view of The Great Fitzgerald. |
| Challenge | Challenge 602 ponders Fuzzy Purple Nanas. |
| The Reading Room |
Mike McNichols, This Side of Death : excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Florida on the Moon 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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