The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 637
| Novel |
Fred Looseman, in his coffin, resembles Schrödinger's cat, but his avatar is on the loose. Meeting a poet precipitates a recollection and revelation: Fred is the once and future Floozman. Bertrand Cayzac, Floozman in Space
Chapter 12: Sunt lacrimae rerum, part 1
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| Serial | New contributor Chris Capps depicts an apocalypse precipitated by flying cathedrals: Hands from the Sky, part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
A widow realizes that she will need to perform an act of courage to overcome a terrible case of survivor’s guilt: Elana Gomel, White, Green, and Gold, part 1; conclusion. New contributor K. R. Svich tells of a street urchin who is rescued by a Decembrist exile in Siberia — at a price: The Exile and the Urchin, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Mike Duran introduces Stanley, who is alone in a world that the Machine considers expendable: When Orchids Bloomed from Dead Stringers. |
| Poetry | Richard King Perkins, II, Voices from Deep Inside the Refrigerator |
| Short Poetry |
Mike Acker, Alan Gregg Dotoli, Juanita La Lagrimosa |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Chris Capps, Mike Duran and K. R. Svich. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 637 goes sadly Down to the Sea. |
| The Reading Room |
Channie Greenberg, Word Citizen : 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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