The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 497
| Serials |
Riddle-solver Gardar Vinsson solves a double mystery: whither Freya and whence Liv? Bertil Falk, The Saga of the Stolen Wooden God, part 4; conclusion. Special forces Calek combines with intel specialist Drasayurn to defeat the renegade Osryd and his zombie army: Jacob Peppers, A Rune Scribe’s Past, part 3; conclusion. |
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| Short Stories |
Some questions require an answer, but sometimes the answer makes little difference: Charles C. Cole, Symptoms of a New Age. New contributor Elana Gomel brings a lonely expatriate in contact with a strange child who unaccountably speaks her language: Jonathan, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Ward Webb brings a figment of the philosopher Plato to meet the last man in the world: A Visitor in Valhalla, part 1; part 2; part 3; conclusion. |
| Drama | Would-be lovers sort each other out in a colorful romp: Johanna Miklós, Study from Blue, part 1; conclusion. |
| Poetry |
Rebecca Lu Kiernan, The Experiment New contributor Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, Strings |
| Short Poetry |
B. Z. Niditch, Stravinsky’s Firebird |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Elana Gomel, Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, and Ward Webb. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 497 goes Off the Road. |
| The Reading Room |
David K. Scholes, Soldier of the Brell, excerpt |
| 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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Copyright © October 8, 2012 by Bewildering Stories
