The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 461
| Novel |
The players move into place as Earth’s Dream Singer prepares to join the Galactic Council: euhal allen, The Bridge: a New Beginning
Chapter 1: Starting Over, part 2
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| Novellas |
Omar Jones is drafted into the interstellar expedition and the spaceship is on its way to Planet X: Bill Bowler, The Shepherd of Zakhbaal
Chapter 2: A Good Chance Michael moves up in his employment in Birdland. First he has an unsettling interview with beauteous Ms. Chickman and then an examination by a cockatoo named Dr. Steven Hawk: Faith H. Goble, Birdland, chapter 2. |
| Short Stories |
Musicians may come and go, but the Muse preserves music: Darke Conteur, Strings. New contributor Lisamarie Lamb introduces Janet West, who is traveling west on a city bus. Janet has a point to make about the nature of fiction and reality, intent and perception: Travelling West, part 1; conclusion. Mattie Williams is a good cook and a fine piano player, and she has a sure aim with buckshot. Her windfall may come as a bit of a surprise, but it is well-earned: Ron Van Sweringen, The Walking on Water Cafe. New contributor Frank Wight shows what might happen when cloning and personal regeneration go beyond ethical limits: Life Goes On, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Pop and Sonny combine to make a children’s birthday party an object lesson in current events: Michael D. Brooks, Popolitics. Sandra Crook shows the mayor of Pézens pining for the charms of Madame Lafitte. But she has a warning for him in the fate of The Two Swans. |
| Poetry | John Grey, Art for Our Sake |
| Short Poetry |
Oonah V. Joslin, Talking to Myself New contributor B. Z. Niditch, Jack Kerouac’s Run |
| Prose Poetry |
Gordon Purkis, Shade of Mondays |
| Essay | In the early 19th century, a poet eloquently lamented the disappearance of the commons: James Graham, The Poetry of John Clare, part 1; conclusion. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Lisamarie Lamb and B. Z. Niditch. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 461 sees a spaceship Hotfooting It. |
| The Photo Album |
Richard Ong, At Stonehenge |
| 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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Copyright © January 9, 2012 by Bewildering Stories
