The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 431
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Frank, Eddy, Rick and Jonas break into the Bureau of Personal Information Protection and blow up the central computer room. They hear the police arriving: Ásgrímur Hartmannsson, Error, chapter 19. Donas, Mak and Rani set off southwards in a mule-drawn cart. Mak quickly senses independence and inadvertently gives Donas a scare: Mary B. McArdle, Give Them Wine A Disparity of Language, chapter 5
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| Novella |
Dominic’s and Keyshaa’s airliner has been shot out of the sky. They land on Miterall’s atoll but have only few tools left with which to invade their enemy’s compound: Sean Monaghan, Pan Am 617 Heavy
Chapter 2: Avoid the Spikewire
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| Short Stories |
New contributor K. R. Hager depicts a visit to in-laws from Hell — literally: They Called Into Darkness, part 1; conclusion. Dunninger, a wetware troubleshooter, has an arch-enemy: Arnie. But Arnie is a virus, and he could be hiding anywhere: Robert H. Prestridge, Cat’s Nines, part 1; part 2; conclusion. Love overcomes a thirst for vengeance: Karen S. Riggin, My Darling, Darling Margo. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Trevor Price explains why men seem to be strangely attached to their old clothes: The Hair Shirt. |
| Poetry |
Channie Greenberg, Your Knees Remain Extant John Grey, The Trucks at Night |
| Short Poetry |
Mike McGonegal, It’s the Bricks Again |
| Essay | What would memories say if they formed a labor union? John Ritchie, It Takes Me Back. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes K. R. Hager and Trevor Price. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 431 says Keep Your Shirt On. |
| Letters |
Michael E. Lloyd, Wordier Than Thou Don Webb, The Shape of Light Squared |
| The Reading Room |
Danielle L. Parker reviews China Miéville, King Rat. |
| 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.”
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