The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 370
| Novel |
After a gothic evening out on the town, Diana visits her psychoanalyst: Robert N. Stephenson, Uttuku |
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| Short Stories |
If there were a great coffee-cup conspiracy to make us all zombies, how could we tell? Ásgrímur Hartmannsson, Zombieworld. New contributor Kumar Pradhan introduces a businessman whose routine life is punctuated by the prospect of romantic interest. His lesson is carpe diem: A Bit of Sky, part 1; conclusion. How might Jason and his Argonauts have handled the U.S. debate over medical care? Thomas Lee Joseph Smith, Jason’s Log. New contributor D. Kai Wilson portrays a spaceship’s computer that also happens to be a mother: Mothership, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Might ordinary events have a supernatural dimension? Look closely: Nick Allen, To a Casual Observer. What is reading all about, anyway? Michael D. Brooks, That’s About the Short of It. |
| Poetry | Rebecca Lu Kiernan, Cold War |
| Short Poetry |
Arnold Hollander, It’s Raining Mary B. McArdle, Shadow Art Marina J. Neary, A Royal Tea Party |
| Memoir | A sailor is remembered in diaries, poems, narratives and photos: V. Ulea, Sea Pilot on the Smokestack, part 1; conclusion. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Kumar Pradhan and D. Kai Wilson. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 370 cautions: Watch Where You’re Rowing. |
| The Art Gallery |
A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Earth Observatory Picture of the Day |
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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