The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 575
| Serial | Koschay protects his homeland against the likes of Arshavin and Levkin: Danielle L. Parker, The Deathless Hand, part 4; conclusion. |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Edward H. Garcia has Dr. Dietrich explain why he takes literally the stern but practical injunction of Mark 9:43 — perhaps too late: The Right Hand. A bad decision can make everybody pay a high price: Morris Marshall, Liverwurst and Corn Chips. Dora has dreams of a better life than squalor, but she needs help: Ron Van Sweringen, Leaving Desire Street. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor J. Daniel Batt tells of a desperate individual who fears those who fear his fire: Run Like You’re on Fire. |
| Poetry |
Irena Pasvinter, When I Still Had My Arms John Stocks, Finding My Voice |
| Short Poetry |
Gloria Watts, My Dog Complex |
| Essay | Sometimes the meanings of words can be fouled up beyond all recognition: Andrew Sacks, A Friend Is a Friend Is a Friend? |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes J. Daniel Batt and Edward H. Garcia. |
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| Editorial | Don Webb finds Friends on the Net. |
| The Critics’ Corner |
Bewildering Stories discusses “Finding My Voice” |
| Challenge | Challenge 575 observes how people make their own Penal Colonies. |
| The Reading Room |
Gary Clifton, The Biggest Balls in Sanderson County : excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Bill Bowler, Koshchei in Art and Legend 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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