The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 466
| Novel |
Katia is the consummate politician: she charms everybody and trusts nobody. Especially not the one person she most needs to carry out her plans: euhal allen, The Bridge: a New Beginning Chapter 3: Sowing Confusion, part 1
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| Novellas |
Omar integrates well into the indigenous village of Planet X, and he gets along well with Lyla, his fellow refugee from Earth. But a robot from Zakhbaal is on the loose, and it is carrying out a murderous agenda: Bill Bowler, The Shepherd of Zakhbaal Chapter 7: Attack of the Robot
Dr. Steve and Eden contrive to help Michael escape from his hospital cell. The outside world is not what Michael might have expected: Faith H. Goble, Birdland, chapter 7. |
| Short Stories |
When a young lady must go to the moon, what might she take with her that’s more important than air? Dean Francis Alfar, Packing for the Moon. New contributor George LaCroix introduces Brazil, a young girl who has decidedly unusual tastes: Insatiable, part 1; conclusion. Brooks is trapped in his body by severe injuries. How might he persevere and stay just this side of insanity? Sherman Smith, Strong Suit, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Audrey Williams shows what might transcend and erase the artificial barriers of a sad age: Papa Jah’s Banjo. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Barbara Stanley shows a couple who have equally guilty consciences. The ‘worry dolls’ demand that they talk to each other. Okay, who goes first? Secret Pal. |
| Poetry |
Alessandro Cusimano, War Cry on the Stone Earth — Grido di Guerra sulla Pietra Terra Carmen Ruggero, Me and Hal and Walter McClure New contributor Abigail Wyatt, Mother Hubbard’s Lament |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Chuck Moss, The Courteous Ghost John Stocks, Thistles |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes George LaCroix, Chuck Moss, Barbara Stanley, Audrey Williams, and Abigail Wyatt. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 466 calls Three to Make Ready. |
| Letter | Abha Iyengar, On the Origin of “Birthing the Blue” |
| 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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