The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 524

News	Serials complete: Both The Dohani War and “The House of Mammoth Bones” are complete on line as of this issue. You can read to the end by following the “Proceed” links or the links in each Table of Contents.
Novel	Dexter tells lurid tales of Earth to a rapt audience of Dohani children. One of his stories gives the Dohani the key to understanding humans and ending the war. Back on station S-804 Dr. Eliza Doyle is highly peeved that her careful housekeeping might be disturbed, but Jane has some vital news for her and, incidentally, Dexter. Martin Kerharo, The Dohani War Chapter 18: Understanding, part 1; part 2
Serial	Wolf, a tribal shaman, is sent a vision from the spirit world. It bodes ill fortune: Bill Bowler, The House of Mammoth Bones, part 1; part 2.
Short Stories	New contributor Bo Balder paints a picture of an environmental apocalypse in which survival adaptations may not always be well received: The Hump, part 1; conclusion. In a world of environmental ruin, nanotechnology may amount to fighting fire with fire: Ian Cordingley, Standing Athwart History, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Richard A. Hebert tells a story within a story about the peril of younger generations’ skepticism: And the Darkness Drank Them In, part 1; conclusion.
Flash Fiction	Don’t shoot the messenger when the news is bad, just get a second opinion: Ron Van Sweringen, Just Another Florida Day.
Poetry	New contributor Robert Karaszi, Cafe Angelika Revisited Afzal Moolla, The Sound of Distant Ankle Bells Thomas F. Wylie, Late for Dinner

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Bo Balder, Richard A. Hebert, and Robert Karaszi.
Challenge	Challenge 524 goes Sliding at High G.
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

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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