The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 486

Novel	Arthur tries harder to locate Thérèse, but finds someone a little different. At last he has a soul mate in whom he can confide — when pressed. As Julia learns more and more about the man, she has to keep weighing up the pros and cons of sticking with him. Michael E. Lloyd, Missing Emilie Book II: Reparations Chapter 7: Irresistible Objects, part 1; part 2; part 3
Novella	Iris observes Clara and her friends discuss colors in sculpture. White, they conclude, is little used because it connotes deception. Nonetheless, Clara points out how that might be a good thing: Karen B. Kaplan, Upward Spiral, part 3a; part 3b.
Serial	New contributor E. L. Skip Knox introduces Driver and a hitchhiker named John or Johnny. Who are they? Where are they going, and why? Their pursuer will force them to answer those questions: The Roadmaster, part 1; part 2.
Short Stories	After the world-wide climate crash, military hardware makes soldier “proxies” possible. What might happen if a “proxy” could take control of its own programming? David Barber, Memories of the Ice Age. Mac has had a little too much to drink to be sufficiently cautious about investigating a haunted house: Crystalwizard, Home, Sweet Home. Adoption can be a tricky business: Channie Greenberg, An Awkward Letter, Mr. Samuels talks to Brent, a severely disturbed student who is about to jump off a high ledge of a building: Morris Marshall, A Planned Intervention.
Poetry	David Adès, The Three Moons of Tenoa Alessandro Cusimano, The Flowery Meadow — Il Prato fiorito Hongping Liu, Song of Spring

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes E. L. Skip Knox.
Interview	*Bewildering Stories* interviews Rachel V. Olivier.
Challenge	Challenge 486 advises: Catch the Next Ark.
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

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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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