The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 669

News	We’re streamlining our submissions procedure. Contributors can now send submissions directly to the editors supervising each genre. Acceptances will come to the Managing Editor. Please see our Contacts page for complete information.
Novel	Two kilometers deep, on the floor of the Aquarium, the roving camera is sent on a one-way mission into the brine lake. It discovers a very odd kind of mountain. At least one part of it seems to be alive. Elous Telma, Oikos Nannion Chapter 18: The Sacrificial Camera, part 2
Serial	New contributor Philip Ivory introduces Allan, age 11. He sits alone in a room trying to solve a puzzle as visitors come and go. Most are not alive. One is something worse: The Yellow Man, part 1; part 2.
Short Stories	New contributor Paul Lees-Haley shows how an old man’s impaired memory can still retain the essential of life: The Old Man and the Pond. New contributor John B. Rosenman depicts a form of reincarnation that takes the concept just a little far: Barely Human.
Drama	How might surviving relatives deal with the remains of a loved one? Perhaps a newcomer knows best: Charles C. Cole, Releasing Shirley.
Poetry	Robert Shmigelsky, Stuck in Third Place
Short Poetry	Mike Acker, Just Another Sun Stephen Ellams, Broken Vows

Departments

Interview	*Bewildering Stories* interviews Ada Fetters.
Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Philip Ivory, Paul Lees-Haley, and John B. Rosenman.
Challenge	Challenge 669 says to use the formula P = rho g h.
The Reading Room	Alison McBain reviews Catherine Onyemelukwe, Nigeria Revisited.
The Art Gallery	Denny Marshall, Watchful Stare Richard Ong, Battle at Hell’s Gate A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Previous NASA photos Earth Observatory Picture of the Day Our Earth as Art *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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