The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 509
| Novel |
The commando raid on the Dohani base has gone off without a hitch. The soldiers bring back a strange captive, a 16-year old human girl who has Dohani eyes — and that’s when the real battle starts. Stranger still, she seems to be trying to send a message to Lt. Zimski: Martin Kerharo, The Dohani War |
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| Novella | Little Billy Joe has lost his mother in a traffic accident and his father has disappeared. Erthelene takes him to live with her in a remote, abandoned cabin belonging to her sister Cordella: Ron Van Sweringen, The Boy Next Door, chapter 3; chapter 4. |
| Short Stories |
Edward Ahern retells the fairy tale of Sadko and Volkhov, his pretty little river: Sadko. New contributor Nina Pratt has Bo and Max move into an abandoned apartment, where they discover the body of a dead artist under the floor. He will have a strange effect on Bo’s feelings about herself: The Dead Artist. New contributor Gary Smothers introduces a would-be writer who will have to learn how to deal with rejection that comes in more ways than one: Tom Ford, the Girl and Rejection, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
In solitary, the days are long, very long: Rob Crandall, In the Hole. |
| Poetry |
Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, Over Stones B. Z. Niditch, Morning Music |
| Short Poetry |
Rebecca Lu Kiernan, The Melting Pot |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Nina Pratt and Gary Smothers. |
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| Challenge | Challenge Responses: Challenge 509: A Hole in None |
| Letter | David Redd, E-Publishing and Hardcopy |
| The Reading Room |
Danielle L. Parker, John C. Wright, Count to a Trillion |
| 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 © January 14, 2013 by Bewildering Stories
