Bewildering Stories’
Second Quarterly Review, 2015
Year 13 of Bewildering Stories
The Editors’ Choices: issues 613-624
The Quarterly and Annual Reviews are like lighthouses on the chaotic sea of the Internet.
They signal not danger but “Good landfall” and “Safe harbor.” Welcome ashore!
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Bewildering Stories ends the season — spring or fall, depending on your hemisphere — with the Review Editors’ selection of favorites from the Second Quarter of 2015. New readers will have easy access to the recent best of Bewildering Stories, and veteran readers will have a chance to catch up on anything they may have missed.
The Quarterly Reviews are not a contest, competition or poll. And there are no quotas: anything — from everything to nothing — may qualify in any genre. Rather, they answer a practical question: “If a friend asked you to recommend something special from the past quarter of Bewildering Stories, what would you choose?”
As always, the Review Board’s discussions have been extensive and lively. A big Thank You to Edward Ahern, Bill Bowler, Charles C. Cole, Bertil Falk, Jo Wharton Heath, Gary Inbinder, Marina J. Neary, Carmen Ruggero, John Stocks and Lewayne L. White.
At Bewildering Stories, no one is the proverbial tree falling unheard in a forest. All contributors know that real people have given their works a thoughtful reading, regardless whether we send regrets or they qualify for the Mariner Awards.
The Review Editors and Associate Editors — our review readers — have functions that are entirely different but equally important. The Review Editors determine how Bewildering Stories shall carry its flag. The Associate Editors enable us to converse with our contributors. They determine what Bewildering Stories shall be.
For that reason we also express special gratitude to our Coordinating Editor Bill Bowler and the Associate Editors. Their insightful and detailed critiques of submissions help us set what we like to think is an Internet standard for editorial practice and for service to our contributors and readers.
The Quarterly News
In the past 12 weeks, the Review Editors cast 692 votes on 85 titles, 34 of which have qualified as Editors’ Choices. We congratulate the authors represented here. We hope they will inspire all our contributors.
We think our Review Editors reflect the range of opinion to be found among our readers. The Order of the Hot Potato is as hot as ever, with 12 titles. The Order of Merit is continued for reader interest and as a special acknowledgment to our contributors. It links to the most highly rated works in genres represented by more than one title in this Quarterly Review.
We resume regular publication with issue 625 on June 29, 2015.
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Novels Novellas Serials Short Stories Flash Fiction |
0 of 1 1 of 1 11 of 37 5 of 11 |
Poetry Short Poetry Drama Essays & Memoirs |
4 of 11 7 of 17 3 of 3 3 of 4 |
- All selections are listed in alphabetical order by author unless noted otherwise.
- Serialized works are eligible only in the quarter in which they conclude.
- Multiple titles are listed in chronological order.
- Italicized titles indicate collections or the presence of chapter, episode or poem subtitles.
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Serials Eleanor Lerman,Short Stories Dana Beehr, Ambry Silverstrings and the SoldiersGary Clifton, Circles in the Sand Robert Earle, Symposium Jason A. Feingold, Grad Student Detective Mike Florian, The Treasure of the Tide Rips Susie Hawes, Just to Talk Andrey Kuzmichev, Duty Free Maurice Roger, Quinn in Crisis James Shaffer, Standing Liberty Ron Van Sweringen, Platinum Blonde Martin Westlake, Something Missing Flash Fiction Charles C. Cole Marc A. Donis, The Game of LifeGerald Warfield, The Cairn of House Aescritor Poetry Bertrand Cayzac, First Martian EclogueOonah V. Joslin, Robert O’Connor, The Snow Leopard Carmen Ruggero, Living the Fantasy Short Poetry Mike Acker, Pomegranate GutsLana Bella, A Knitted Day Stephen Ellams, Valentine for Lorenza Oonah V. Joslin, The Long Wave James R. Rudolph Don Webb, The Glass Jar Present Drama Charles C. ColeEssays and Memoirs Edward Ahern, An Immodest ProposalÁsgrímur Hartmannsson, A Walk Around Town Henry F. Tonn, A Prison Psychologist |
Departments Selections are listed thematically and then in chronological order. Reviews and Interviews are indexed separately. Challenges The Order of the Hot Potato Here are the most controversial works of the quarter, the ones on which the Review Editors’ opinions diverged significantly for one reason or another. The titles are listed in descending order with the most controversial first. Seven of the titles appear among the Editors’ Choices. Challenge to the readers: why might any of these titles be on the list? Discussions are welcome!
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The Order of Merit
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