The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 481
| Novel |
Arthur is keeping Luc and Hardy at arms’ length, but learns he has yet another friend with an irrefusable offer. He must try to recover the hoard of cash now, but he keeps up his search for Emilie while Pureza pries into their past. Michael E. Lloyd, Missing Emilie |
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| Serial | Dr. Taylor tries to make contact with a little blob woman from outer space, but the subject of her study appears to have other ideas: Glenn Gray, A Day in the Cornfield, part 23. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Benjamin Cooper introduces Roberto, who has trained for years to become a gunner on an interplanetary warship. His ambition is great, but his career threatens to be cut very short indeed: Manning the Cannon. Joanna receives postcards from someone named Anna. They are intended for someone named Joe. What they mean is a mystery, and Joanna sets out to solve it with some professional help. Meanwhile, she has postcards of her own to write: Noel Denvir, Always, Anna, part 1; conclusion. Jenny’s camping trip is interrupted when she witnesses the arrival of a supernatural entity that takes human form. Of course the monster wants to eat her, but Jenny has help from a quick-witted librarian: Mike Phillips, Night of the Cloud Spectre, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
A boat can be trimmed to ride out strong winds and tides, but deadly danger may lurk aboard rather than at sea: Mike Florian, Storm Warning. |
| Poetry |
Alessandro Cusimano, Almatango Oonah V. Joslin, Voluntary Exile |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Benjamin Cooper. |
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| Interview | Bewildering Stories interviews Harry Lang. |
| Challenge | Challenge 481 reports Talismans Locked and Loaded. |
| 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 |
Bewildering Stories News
Congratulations: Bewildering Stories congratulates Review Board member Harry Lang on winning a Writers of the Future award. His story “My Name Is Angela” appears in volume 28 of the Writers of the Future anthology. An excerpt appears in issue 479. It is accompanied by a message of commendation from the publisher of Galaxy Press and a YouTube video of the acceptances by Harry and by illustrator Mago Huang. Thank you very much, Harry, for the kind words for Bewildering Stories!
Randomly selected Bewildering motto:
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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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