The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 469
| Novel |
The new carrier beam allows rescue missions to reach Earth. The development of the Starhell colony proceeds apace. Meanwhile, Cyr informs Katia that her health has become precarious: euhal allen, The Bridge: a New Beginning Chapter 4: Pushing Outward, part 1; part 2
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| Novella |
In a display of power, the Shepherd brushes Lyla aside and condemns Omar to a public execution. But he reckons without the determination of Omar’s friends: Bill Bowler, The Shepherd of Zakhbaal Chapter 10: The End of the Beginning, conclusion
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Shai Afsai introduces Ganzenberg, a man whose only ambition is to watch over the dead and perform the sacred rituals. A visitation from the late Mr. Katz gives him quite a start and food for thought: The Shomer, parts 1-5; parts 6-8. In a futuristic battle, temporary memory loss can lead to strange confusions of identity: Scott D. Coon, Heroes of the Hydra, part 1; part 2; conclusion. Stealing a spaceship can cause trouble, but a young stowaway may multiply the trouble beyond all recognition: Margaret Karmazin, A Sighting on the Blind Side, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
One does not want to get on Julia’s bad side! Charles C. Cole, Julia’s Hellmark Card. The answer seems to be yes — after a fashion: Phillip Donnelly, Can Websites Commit Suicide?. |
| Poetry |
John Grey, The Man Waiting for Someone in the Park Rebecca Lu Kiernan, The Abduction Mariah Sells, A Girl Reciting Sylvia Plath John Stocks, Masada |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Shai Afsai. |
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| Discussion | Bewildering Stories discusses Loose Ends, with David J. Rank. |
| Challenge |
Challenge 486 Response discusses Satire in ‘Moral Turp’ with Karen B. Kaplan. Challenge 469 appeals O Flight, Suspend Thy Time. |
| 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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