The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 586
| Novel |
Kyran and his guards come to an understanding. But Kyran, though a pawn, is still a prince, and princes can be devious. Sarah Ann Watts, Winter Ship |
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| Novella |
The existence of male or female Lucky hangs in the balance. The scrying mirror does not reflect an entirely pleasing image. Tantra Bensko, Equinox Mirror |
| Short Stories |
Jonas is recruited to do battle with an adversary who can stop time around him: Ásgrímur Hartmannsson, The Man Who Couldn’t Fly. A visit to an old friend’s grave assuages a sense of loss. It also results in a fortunate chance meeting that offers an opportunity to repay old favors: Morris Marshall, Visiting Hours. |
| Flash Fiction |
A year free of pain can be worth a lot, even a soul: Charles C. Cole, To the Devil His Due. |
| Poetry |
New contributor Diana Anderson, Diamonds Fall Jason C. Ford, A Song of Hope |
| Short Poetry |
Alyssa D. Ross, Off the Potter’s Wheel |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Diana Anderson. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 586 asks: Circlet, circlet, Who’s Got the Circlet?. |
| 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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