The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 684
| Serial | Who’s the best storyteller? The characters: Bill Prindle, Ghost Writers, part 1; part 2. |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Mark Keane introduces Samuel Dunne, who would like to write a biography of his great-uncle. His laptop computer shows him they share disturbingly more than their name: The Laptop, part 1; part 2; conclusion. It may be time to update words of wisdom from the Trojan War: “Beware of space aliens bearing gifts”: Bill Kowaleski, Politics Unusual, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Hannah Sandoval depicts Jenny, whose life has been shaped by her participation in a high-school clique from hell: Hi, I’m Corpse Bride Barbie, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Whom can a girl date when her father dotes on her every suitor’s fingerprints and police record? The answer may be surprising, but it is logical: Channie Greenberg, Of Fingerprints and Drinking Glasses. |
| Poetry | Gary Beck, Back to Work |
| Short Poetry |
Shola Balogun, Remember Kenule Lana Bella, Requiem Aeternum |
| Memorial Reissue |
Ron Van Sweringen, Rupert and the Girls’ Night Out |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Mark Keane and Hannah Sandoval. |
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| Letters | Bill Bowler, Remembering Ron |
| Challenge | Challenge 684 warns there’s No Turning Back. |
| The Reading Room |
James R. Rudolph reviews A. Rahman Ford, Life as a Sclerian. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong reports from Toronto Fan Expo 2016 with:
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
Readers’ reactions are always welcome.
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