The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 488

Novel	Arthur tries his bluffing gambit on Xérus and picks up a crucial clue which quickly bears fruit. After feeding Luc another holding line, he comes partially clean with a stunned Inspector Hardy, who can now plan a trap while Arthur and Julia take a little time out. Michael E. Lloyd, Missing Emilie Book II: Reparations Chapter 8: Summer of Love, part 3; part 4
Novella	Clara and her friends suspect the unseen presence of an interdimensional observer. Iris discovers that Clara’s putty will enable her to leave a written message of introduction: Karen B. Kaplan, Upward Spiral, part 5.
Short Stories	New contributor Saurabh Bhatia shows how long-distance travel in the future may lose more than your luggage: Wormhole Monologue. New contributor T. Fox Dunham brings to a jail cell an image of madness, which ‘wears the dark like elk fur’ and is ‘a hole in the dark that swallows a man’: Mr. Bird Whistling in the Night. A butterfly collection may be the only beauty in Frederick’s life. Woe betide her who scorns and breaks it: Harry Lang, Mr. Butterfly, part 1; conclusion. George is under intensive treatment for a vision, but he’s harmless. Meanwhile, look who’s out running around free on the streets: Louis B. Shalako, The Apparition of the Virgin.
Flash Fiction	An ageless woman observes the passing of generations: Kenneth C. Goldman, Another Day in the Park.
Poetry	Alessandro Cusimano, Riot Hongping Liu, The Sea’s Spell

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Saurabh Bhatia and T. Fox Dunham.
Interview	*Bewildering Stories* interviews Channie Greenberg.
Challenge	Challenge 488 has An Eye for a Glass Eye.
The Reading Room	Danielle L. Parker reviews Yves Meynard, Chrysanthe.
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

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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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