The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 532
| Novel | Hargrove and Erik prepare for a battle in space: James Bright, Pyrrhic Victory, part 2. |
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| Short Stories |
A man unaccountably has a dream of a little orphaned girl who wants him to adopt her: B. C. Bamber, Say Goodbye to Macy, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Merrill Cole depicts a lonely princess caught between light and dark, unreality and reality: A Gray Princess. New contributor Curtis Pierce shows how automation can lead to profound cultural and economic choices that seemed like a good idea at the time: Artesian Moon. In the 1920’s a family sets out from Brooklyn to Florida but makes an unexpected and very unusual stop along the way: Ron Van Sweringen, The Smell of Orange Blossoms, part 1; conclusion. For Kathy, marriage to Sherman would mean liberation from a grotesque relationship: LaVerne Zocco, The Luck of the Draw. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Charles D. Tarlton tells of a nameless recluse who starts an artistic ‘renaissance’ in San Franciso: Take Just One. |
| Poetry |
B. Z. Niditch, Space Travel Aniket Sanyal, Never Satisfied |
| Short Poetry |
Gerald Bosacker, Something Fishy |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Merrill Cole, Curtis Pierce and Charles D. Tarlton. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 532 moans I Left My Art in San Francisco. |
| The Reading Room |
James Graham, Jack London, The People of the Abyss, review article |
| The Art Gallery |
Charles D. Tarlton, Found Art 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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