The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 699
| Novel |
The wealthies have armies drawn from the enclaves. But some soldiers are reluctant to fire on their own people. Bill Kowaleski, Living Standards
Chapter 15: Military Subversion
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| Short Stories |
New contributor LB Benton depicts the effects of an invasion on a peaceful people: The Bell Singers, part 1; conclusion. Things have come to a sorry state when vigilante justice is all there is: Gary Clifton, Time In. New contributor Tyra Tanner shows a warrior and her pupil facing a dilemma of death and honor: Blades of Light and Honor, part 1; conclusion. |
| Short Poetry |
Edward Ahern, The Explanation Shola Balogun, Go to the Spider Stephen Ellams, Dear Heather Anna Ruiz, Alien Skin |
| Essays |
A familiar place may evoke pleasant dreams of times gone by:
Charles B. Pettis, West Point Magic. Chess, how many ways can we play thee? What’s the largest number we can think of? Andrew Sacks, Chess Inexhaustible. |
Departments
| Editorial | Bewildering Stories considers the ways and means of Popularity. |
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| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes LB Benton and Tyra Tanner. |
| Challenge | Challenge 699 sings Cadence Count. |
| The Reading Room |
Alison McBain reviews Sherman Smith, Silencing the Blues Man |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Invasion Ship 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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