The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 569
| Novel | Brooks knows he will probably go to jail, but he may as well go in style. Elroy is already in jail, and his identity, like Brooks’, creates something of a dilemma. Meanwhile, Stella has decisions of her own to make when she learns that Earl Crier has disappeared. Sherman Smith, Two Blind Men and a Fool Chapter 42: Top of the Mark
Chapter 43: John Doe Chapter 44: What’s in a Name Chapter 45: Follow Your Heart |
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| Novella |
The clans have completed the construction of Stonehenge, but now they face some serious troubles. J. J. Roth, Legacy of the Fallen Stars Chapter 4: Stonehenge III — 2150 BCE, part 1; part 2
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| Short Stories |
Even a croakless frog can find true love: David Adès, Ribbitt, the Frog Who Couldn’t. New contributor E. B. Fischadler retells an old story about a fellow who is unaccountably well coordinated for someone who’s stitched together and seems to be dripping mechanical parts: Basted Son. New contributor Eric J. Guignard will make readers glad that Zeno’s paradox has a fatal flaw: Living in the Moment. Mary, Sonny and Father Bobby need friendship in a place where life and love come hard: Mia Tijam, What the Children of Muerta Caxerex Say. |
| Poetry | Visalakshi Viswanathan, The Witch of Uluru |
| Short Poetry |
Zane Blom, A Drunkard’s Wish |
| Essay | Poets, do you sometimes wonder how readers understand your poems? Are you sure you really want to know? Boris Kokotov, Poetry Reading at a Local Library. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes E. B. Fischadler and Eric J. Guignard. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 569 says the drinks are Off the House. |
| Challenge Response |
Challenge 569 Response: Reading Poetry Challenge 569 Response: Space and or Time |
| 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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