The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 478

Novel	Arthur Narone was determined to write a story about whatever happened to him after he left prison. And here, he tells us himself, it is. But it’s also clear that he was back in jail when he started to write it. So we revisit Arthur’s first few hours of freedom from his point of view. Michael E. Lloyd, Missing Emilie Book II: Reparations Foreword (De Profundis) Chapter 1: Watching the Detectives, part 1; part 2
Serials	Kyto’s Lord warns him against Lady Luna and the Espers: Roland Allnach, Conquest’s End, part 2. Nenchek and Jolene Harris question Micky about his persistent nightmare: Charles C. Cole, The Abduction Chronicles Finishing Touches
Short Stories	Augusta always looked up to Anna and never suspected foul play in the death of their friend Billy: Bertil Falk, Mind the Gap, part 1; part 2; conclusion. Nemo and some Kafka avatars confer over coffee. Sometimes people can be so aggravating you just want to nuke ’em: Gary Inbinder, Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind, part 1; conclusion.
Flash Fiction	New contributor Jason Sturner depicts a small world from an unusual point of view: Penumbra.
Poetry	Colin W. Campbell, Pantoums From Borneo
Short Poetry	New contributor Billy Harfosh, Pilar’s Poem Rebecca Lu Kiernan, Present Tense

Departments

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Billy Harfosh and Jason Sturner.
Interview	Bewildering Stories interviews Tim Simmons.
The Critics’ Corner	Bewildering Stories discusses Brand Names and Cultural References.
Challenge Response	Challenge 476 Response: Johanna Miklós on Angel Zapata’s “Carrion Folk”
The Reading Room	Danielle L. Parker reviews A. A. Merritt, The Ship of Ishtar.
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Previous NASA photos Earth Observatory Picture of the Day Our Earth as Art *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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