The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 697
| News | Our Audio index now lists audio books available at Audible.com. Veteran contributors who would like to add their titles to the index are encouraged to send links to the Managing Editor. |
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| Novel |
Jackson Bain is reluctant to propose to the Supreme Council reforms he considers radical. Jiri will have to up the ante and engage in some powerful arm-twisting. Bill Kowaleski, Living Standards
Chapter 13: Persuading Bain
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| Short Stories |
Even the most violent crimes often call on the police to perform careful procedural investigations:
Gary Clifton, Stiff Katies, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Val Gryphin depicts the early career of a young knight and her fairy-gnome companion: Gail the Gallant, part I; part II; part III; part IV, conclusion. New contributor Francis Mont shows how obsessive jealousy is its own worst enemy: Truth Can Hurt. |
| Flash Fiction |
Icelandic folklore does not have dragons. Now it can have one that is quite in keeping with the mysterious landscape: Karin S. Heigl, White Dragon — Weißdrache — Hvítadrekinn. |
| Short Poetry |
Shola Balogun, To My Son Gregg Dotoli, Someday, When I’m There |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Val Gryphin and Francis Mont. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 697 says Keep the Change. |
| The Reading Room |
Alison McBain reviews Piers Anthony, Writer’s Retweet. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, White Dragon 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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