The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 450
| Novels |
Lionel has been plotting all along to foil Donas’ escape. Nakoma reveals her motive, and another voice from the shadows intervenes: Mary B. McArdle, Give Them Wine
A Disparity of Language, chapter 24
Dr. Mac Pherson explains his obsessive need to cure his patient, K.: Phillip Donnelly, Kev the Vampire Chapter 1: The Twilight of Reason
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| Novella | The Guardian ponders the unexpected appearance and disappearance of Fred Hart. Jake takes the reports of odd radio signals to his superior, Curt Jackson: Richard M. Smith, A Bridge to Earth, chapter 3, part 1 |
| Serial |
Joe is not going to overcome his arch-rival, the oligarch Jeong Dae, but Tom Farrell has a ruse that will save Joe and appear to give Dae everything he wants: Dan Reed, Boys from the Neighborhood, conclusion. Veela is finally released from the narwals but must tell Alcyb the djinn she cannot love him. Alcyb has never taken rejection lightly: Christine E. Schulze, A Thousand and One Maidens, conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
John Cullen reports to his minister that he suspects a sea monster is prowling in the loch but is greeted with skepticism, and John’s daughter Megan pays no heed to the lurking horror: S. J. McKenzie, The Smith and the Water-Horse, part 1; conclusion. Sometimes one of the parties in a ‘perfect match’ is just unclear on the concept: Robert H. Prestridge, Perfect Match, part 1; conclusion. What force might come to avenge victims of violence when they are down and out and on the road? Leonard Schlenz, Pearl, |
| Flash Fiction |
Ogling, honor and envy collide at the football pitch: Sandra Crook, The Bottom Line. |
| Poetry |
Alessandro Cusimano, Amsterdam Wide Dreams John W. Steele, Matador |
| Short Poetry |
Walt Trizna, Dragon Eggs |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Alessandro Cusimano. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 450 complains Now You Tell Me. |
| The Critics’ Corner |
Bewildering Stories discusses “Boys from the Neighborhood.” |
| The Reading Room |
Michael Phillips, Reign of the Nightmare Prince, excerpt |
| 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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