The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 456

Novel	Kev takes his leave of teacher G. and the teacher’s tea bags. He sets out to find an old castle and Elisabetha. At his next stop he’s peeling onions in Bavaria: Phillip Donnelly, Kev the Vampire Chapter 9: The Flight of the Earls Chapter 10 : The Veil of Onion Tears
Novella	The Guardian approaches Fred in the entryway to the Martian temple. Meanwhile, back on Earth, the authorities are homing in on the mysterious radio signals: Richard M. Smith, A Bridge to Earth Chapter 5 : Back Again, part 4
Drama	Martin murders Bennett. Cardigan and Lucan plot against each other: Marina J. Neary, Lady With a Lamp, scene 7; scene 8; scene 9
Short Stories	Which is harder to interpret: the messages from Epsilon Eridani or the relationship between Lauren and her lover? Ian Cordingley, From a Distance. Sometimes a mother’s tear can bring a flood of understanding to a young boy: Kumaar Pradhan, The Waterfall. What if Popeye, Bluto and Olive Oyl had been real, live film actors? Thomas Lee Joseph Smith, Eat Your Spinach. New contributor Christopher Spanel shows how two twins find it easier to fight each other than their Destiny, part 1; conclusion.
Flash Fiction	Might a dark age be brought on simply by a loss of nerve? David Barber, The Trojan Expedition. What’s really scary about modern technology? Michael D. Brooks, iPop.
Poetry	Michael Murry, Ichthyological Metaphysics New contributor Mariah Sells, An Ekphrastic Visit, Enlightening
Short Poetry	Rebecca Lu Kiernan, Friend Carmen Ruggero, I Give Thanks

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Mariah Sells.
Challenge	Challenge 456 says Oh, That Knife. Special Challenge 456: “The Trojan Expedition”
The Reading Room	Abha Iyengar, Flash Bites, excerpt
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Previous NASA photos Earth Observatory Picture of the Day Our Earth as Art *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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