The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 698
| Novel |
Jiri proposes economic and social reforms to the Supreme Council. He meets Carlo and realizes that his old friend has suffered a fate far worse than his own. Bill Kowaleski, Living Standards
Chapter 14: The Supreme Council, part 1; part 2
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| Short Stories |
Space pilot Richard Mako lusts after a female colleague and respects no rules but his own. In the deadly atmosphere of Neptune, he encounters a love that surpasses all understanding:
Harry Lang, Down to the Wild Blue Yonder, part 1; conclusion. To what lengths will a retired locksmith go to free a ghost and his wife’s soul? And what might be their reward? Stuart North, To Free a Ghost, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Nick Pipitone depicts a single mother who fears for her son’s life in a City of Dogs, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Ed Kyatt brings together an old teacher and her young pupil in a war zone. The teacher is very wise and knows how to answer her pupil’s question: What Good Is Arithmetic? |
| Poetry | Douglas Young, Oh, If I Would Have... |
| Short Poetry |
Shola Balogun, When a Poet Dies Denny Marshall, Story of the Stars |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Ed Kyatt and Nick Pipitone. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 698 challenges you to find Your Place and Time. |
| The Reading Room |
Bertil Falk, Feroze, the Fogotten Gandhi excerpt Classic Reissue: Ward Moore, Bring the Jubliee review |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Cataclysm 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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