The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 519

Novel	Jane brings the spaceship thundering home at treetop level. Dexter, terrified, hangs on for dear life. Well he should; he hasn’t seen anything yet. Martin Kerharo, The Dohani War Chapter 14: In a Foreign Land, part 1; part 2
Serial	New contributor Peter Bailey introduces Daniel, a foreman at a construction site building high-security fences. In securing a replacement part, he makes a big mistake: North by the Red Death, part 1.
Short Stories	Curiosity killed a cat. And searching for legendary cities of gold is even more dangerous: Gary Inbinder, Beyond Dead End, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Alice Kemp depicts a common plight afflicting a prospective employee with an uncommon ‘disability’: Equal Employment Opportunity. Contact with sentient space aliens ought to be an uplifting experience. What if it’s downlifting? Catfish Russ, First Impressions, part 1; conclusion.
Poetry	Tendai R. Mwanaka, Counting the Stars John Stocks, First Dance Thomas F. Wylie, Bad Chair
Short Poetry	Oonah V. Joslin, Meteor Strike Rebecca Lu Kiernan, Postcard

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Peter Bailey and Alice Kemp.
The Critics’ Corner	Martin Kerharo discusses The Dohani Language.
Challenge	Challenge 519 needs a Space Alien Spellchecker.
Letters	Rebecca Lu Kiernan discusses On “Touching the Tiger”.
The Reading Room	Henry F. Tonn, ed., Remembrances of Wars Past, excerpt
The Art Gallery	Ron Van Sweringen, La Bella Italia 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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