The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 498
| Novel |
Martin collects a satchelful of money from a couple of shady characters. He soon has an out-of-body experience. Meanwhile, Yvonne, neglected by her husband Erik, goes to Lund to hear a Jesuit priest lecture on the noosphere of Teilhard de Chardin. Bertil Falk, Infranet |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Tessa Bennett demonstrates that it pays to be paranoid about the paranoid, both foreign and domestic: To a Sudden Halt, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Emily Calvin introduces Natalia, who pilots a spaceship in a fantastical universe and learns what it means to release the starlings from their garden: Starlings in a Distant Garden, part 1; part 2; conclusion. Malcolm falls in love with beauteous ladies perhaps just a little too easily: Ron Van Sweringen, Eating Strawberries With One Hand. A mother relives a catastrophe: Joanna M. Weston, After the Fire. |
| Flash Fiction |
Herbal remedies can be helpful, but don’t waste ’em: Channie Greenberg, A Reluctant Ecology. |
| Poetry | Oonah V. Joslin, The Story of Dainty Dish |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Emily Calvin. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 496 Response: Meeting at the Villa Novesta Challenge 498: Into Deep Bora Space |
| Editorial | Don Webb asks Where Are You in the Noosphere? |
| The Photo Album |
With Noel and Oonah V. Joslin |
| 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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