The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 696
| Novel |
Mira brings Jiri, Lea and DeShaun up to date on her role in the revolution. She leaves them with doubts and questions. Bill Kowaleski, Living Standards
Chapter 12: A Visit to Joliet
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| Short Stories |
In an antique store, young Jimmy finds a treasure that has a lot to do with his grandfather:
Rob Crandall, Karlo’s Curiosity Shop. A self-styled spy is continually surprised by his surroundings: Channie Greenberg, As Dead as David. What is the proper response when you meet your future vampire self? Mark Keane, The Interview. Jilted, unloved Junie finds the cat who is just right for her: Bill Prindle, Cat With a Young Woman, part 1; conclusion. |
| Poetry |
Richard Stevenson, Sleep Paralysis Douglas Young, A Life Worthwhile |
| Short Poetry |
Shola Balogun, The Griot’s Hymn Denny Marshall, Time Shift 33 |
Departments
| Challenge | Challenge 696 examines The Lay of the Land. |
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| Letters |
Bewildering Stories acknowledges Thank-You Notes. Bewildering Stories celebrates The Old and New Years. |
| The Reading Room |
Mileva Anastasiadou, The Twelve Hits of Christmas excerpt from Ellipsis |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Vulcan’s Forge 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: Nous avons tous assez de force pour supporter les maux d’autrui. — We are all strong enough to bear others’ misfortunes. (François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld)
Randomly selected classic rejection notice: My dear fellow, I may be dead from the neck up, but rack my brains as I may, I can’t see why a chap should need 30 pages to describe how he turns over in bed before going to sleep. — (for Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past)
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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