The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 538

Novel	Hargrove and Erik capture the enemy flagship and stand down: James Bright, Pyrrhic Victory, part 9, section 1; section 2; section 3.
Serial	Quentin gets a snarky letter but does not take it in the spirit in which it is intended: Bill McCormick, A Letter From an Editor, part 1.
Short Stories	New contributor Jimmie A. Kepler depicts home on the range. It’s optimistic and colorful, especially when The Prairie Dogs Have Coal Miners’ Helmets With Lights, part 1; part 2; conclusion. Why have an enemy when one can make him a friend? Morris Marshall, Facing the Bullies. New contributor Janis Zelcans advises caution: don’t be too quick to assume that one man’s trash is Another Man’s Treasure.
Flash Fiction	Blood is thicker than water, but then so is love: Charles C. Cole, Mothers and Son.
Poetry	Oonah V. Joslin, Casting Couch
Short Poetry	Mary B. McArdle, Grounded
Essay	New contributor Christine Wohlers combines zombies and survivalism in telling us about Preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse.

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Jimmie A. Kepler, Christine Wohlers, and Janis Zelcans.
Challenge	Challenge 538 admires the antics of the Stunt Men.
The Photo Album	Richard Ong sends a colorful view of a Late-Summer Moon.
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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