The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 704
| Novel |
General Morrison wants to give Bain a chance at implementing reforms. Mira warns Morrison that Bain is following some bad historical precedents. Bill Kowaleski, Living Standards
Chapter 21: The Revolution Fractures
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| Serial |
In the debris of a post-apocalyptic world, young Risker Dee must evade the barbaric Lordsmen and the mutant Howlers when out scavenging for buried treasure, such as books. She meets a very competent ally earlier than expected. New contributor Bryon Havranek, From the Ashes of Our Fall |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Jeremy Luke Hill depicts the life of Jack, an artist living in the wilderness, and his encounter with someone who is most definitely not a loner, Neve. What is a mom in a Tinker Bell outfit to do when she and her FBI-agent partner encounter a vampire who has crashed a sports car? Rachel Parsons, Caught in a Merry Chase. New contributor Rudolfo Serna brings into conflict the authorities who want to rermain “human” at any cost on a newly settled exoplanet and The Locust Farmer and the Green Children, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Do children go through stages in artwork? Yes, but must they? Charles C. Cole, A Boy and His Kite. |
| Poetry |
Anna Ruiz, Out of Vegas Douglas Young, Port Arthur Pearl |
| Short Poetry |
Shola Balogun, Twilight Tales Stephen Ellams, After You’re Gone James R. Rudolph, Gettin’ Old |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Jeremy Luke Hill and Rudolfo Serna. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 704 wonders What’s in an Unname? |
| Letters | Gary Beck discusses Issues Poetry and Prose. |
| The Reading Room |
Andreas Androutsellis-Theotokis, Nannion excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Denny Marshall, A Single Thought 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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