The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 777
| Novel |
The authorities in the satellite city must confront what they least expected: an all-out struggle for power both below and above ground. Lines are being drawn with violence and murder. Charles C. Cole, Murder in New Eden
Chapter 16: Wayne’s Office, part 1;
part 2
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| Novella |
New contributor Danko Antolovic introduces a legendary craftsman who takes great pride in his skill and artistic achievements. He cannot yet know that his country’s literature will, one day, warn the world of the danger of hubris. My Name Is Daedalus
Chapter 1: Talos
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| Serial | Lou has grown accustomed to the revelations he sees in his taxicab’s rear-view mirror. Now it shows him pure horror. Lou’s honesty and curiosity will get him into big trouble with both the wrong and “right” side of the law: Tim Britto, Last Fare, part 3; part 4. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Hillary G. Anderson shows how a prisoner might be consoled by the curiosity of a kindly neighbor: Life Through Glass. Words of ancient wisdom from Mark 9:45 literally come true: Terry Groves, A Foot of Pain, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Who is Olaf, really? And, for that matter, Gertrude Nightingale? Agent Brodski has his suspicions: Gary Clifton, The Olaf Conundrum. |
| Poetry | Ljubo Popovich, Sounds of Winter |
| Short Poetry |
Channie Greenberg, Prickly Masters’ Effluvium Robin Helweg-Larsen, Coming to the Boil |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Hillary G. Anderson and Danko Antolovic. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 777 hops on a Hotfoot. |
| The Reading Room |
P. C. Keeler, Rafael & Roberts, eds, Mother of Invention review |
| The Art Gallery |
John Eric Ellison, Old Woman 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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