The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 606
| Novel |
Rodney and Dr. Nacroanus meet Jerus, the Guardian of Belthaeous. They have very different ideas about how to deal with him. John W. Steele, The Chronicle of Belthaeous |
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| Short Stories |
Brandt’s and Viola’s relationship is already strained. It’s complicated even more by a robot and the monitors that quantify every aspect of their lives: Jedd Cole, Quantified Man. An approaching comet sings a prophecy that an astronomer fulfills: Julian Drury, Comet Song. New contributor Jill Hand shows how a semi-imaginary friend can really come in handy when driving in the fast lane: The Trouble With Tulpas. |
| Flash Fiction |
Are you really sure you want to go to “Forever”? A small voice from a brandy cask may help: Ron Van Sweringen, The Door to Forever. |
| Poetry |
Zane Blom, Elfredda’s Tress Michael Murry, A Diurnal Dialectic Robert Shmigelsky, The Evolution of a Temporal Knight |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Drew Armstrong, With You |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Drew Armstrong and Jill Hand. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 606 says it’s time to Monitor the Monitors. |
| Letters | Tom Wylie, Sensitivity |
| The Reading Room |
Glenn Gray, The Little Boy Inside and Other Stories : excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
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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