The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 584
| Novel |
Kyran is a prisoner in Queen Daria’s castle. She has supernatural abilities like Kyran’s and seems to be making plans. Sarah Ann Watts, Winter Ship Chapter 7: Castle of the Sabre, part 1; part 2
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| Novella |
Lucky’s date is so hot he crashes into a fire hydrant. Tantra Bensko, Equinox Mirror |
| Short Stories |
Quennel’s literary triumph comes when his poem is time-traveled to Bletchley Park and decoded by Colossus: Channie Greenberg, Assistance with Quickly Becoming Unbearable. New contributor Brian McTaggart shows what happens to the “undeserving poor” in The Winter of Dalton Cosby, part 1; conclusion. A high-school lad will need his mom’s gentle understanding especially in his situation in the early 1950’s: Ron Van Sweringen, Tyler Green’s Closet. |
| Flash Fiction |
Beware those who know too much and yet not quite enough: Charles C. Cole, Channeling Dad. |
| Poetry |
Jason C. Ford, An Inner Strength Alyssa D. Ross, Rampion Tower |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Brian McTaggart. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 584 can’t put together the Totems Without a Pole. |
| 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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