The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 585
| Novel |
Queen Daria interrogates Kyran. She has a surprise for Majvaz, and he has one for her. Sarah Ann Watts, Winter Ship Chapter 8: Agis Scarthaga, part 1; part 2
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| Novella |
Male Lucky visits his mother; Lady Lucky takes a plane trip into the jungle. Tantra Bensko, Equinox Mirror Chapter 11: Lucky’s Visit
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Thomas E. Lange commemorates the centenary of the First World War. A very young vicar’s virtual baptism in the evil of a man and of men reveals what his first baptism really means: A Vicar’s Baptism, part 1; conclusion. New contributor N. Joy Lutton reunites Jake at long last with the only one who never found in him anything to forgive: Pongo, part 1; conclusion. Talking about feelings can ease pain, especially if one has a good listener: Bob Welbaum, Combat Fatigue. |
| Poetry |
John Grey, Safe Time B. Z. Niditch, Brothers Under the Skin Classic Reissue: Thomas R., Afterwards
Bewildering Stories marks its 13th year of publication with a salute to an esteemed veteran contributor. “Afterwards” appeared in our first issue, in June 2002.
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Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Thomas E. Lange and N. Joy Lutton. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 585 looks askance at Accidents in Common. |
| 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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