The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 664
| Novel |
The scientific team has perplexing questions. What is in the brine lake at the bottom of the Aquarium? And what’s wrong with Frank? Elous Telma, Oikos Nannion
Chapter 15: Deep and Surface Expeditions, part 1; part 2
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| Novella |
Aaron finally discovers who Anini really is... and isn’t. Bruce Pavalon, Space Girl Blues |
| Serial | Sean and Cindy have a potentially lucrative business opportunity, but Sean is on the lam from the Sirian authorities: Bill Kowaleski, Down Under and Over There, part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Simon Hole relates a story from a poker player about a game that went very bad: Hot Hand. What should some housemates do for a refugee from the plague? Take him in. But first, check his vaccination certificate: Susan Bass Marcus, An Arm and a Leg. |
| Flash Fiction |
In a hospice, an elderly lady finds that memories of her daughter can seem quite real: Dan Korgan, Earlier Snows. |
| Poetry | Edward Ahern, Defectus |
| Short Poetry |
Mike Acker, Hearts and Minds New contributor Eva-Maria Palevich, It Feels Like a Broken Violin |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Simon Hole and Eva-Maria Palevich. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
Terry L. Mirll discusses The Ending of “Karat Cake” |
| Challenge | Challenge 664 gets all Bottled Up. |
| The Art Gallery |
Denny Marshall, Wrapped in Thought Richard Ong, Ursa, Artist From Hell 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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Copyright © April 25, 2016
by Bewildering Stories
by Bewildering Stories
