The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 599
| Serial | Travis Burbage holds a strange black disk that he knows can reveal vital information. But what good can it do him? Dave Ervin, The Thirteenth Traveler, chapter III; chapter IV. |
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| Short Stories |
K. I. Riley and Jessica Smith surmise that a finite but very large universe might produce some strange coincidences: Bertil Falk, A Twist in the Universe. What would you do with perfection? James Graham, Hill Walk, part 1; part 2; conclusion. Vera looks back on an eventful life with her beloved husband, Mikhail: Sherman Smith, If You Say It Again.... |
| Flash Fiction |
Is the unexamined life not worth living? It depends on one’s point of view: Bruce Costello, Sharp Cuts. It’s not the result of a coin toss but how you feel about it that matters: Ron Van Sweringen, Mary Carter’s Dilemma. |
| Poetry | Oonah V. Joslin, Day at the Theatre |
| Memoir | Sometimes lonely, isolated back roads may not be what they seem: Henry F. Tonn, Rendezvous at Paul’s Place, part 1; conclusion. |
Departments
| Challenge |
Challenge 597 Response: James Shaffer discusses the question What Is Franky? Challenge 599: finds A Place for Unstrangers. |
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| Letters | Gary Clifton and Bewildering Stories discuss “The Keeper of the San Lo Gate.” |
| The Reading Room |
Channie Greenberg, The Little Temple of My Sleeping Bag : excerpt |
| 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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