The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 531
| Novel | A commander who lost a comrade in arms during a skirmish in an interstellar war now has to work with the dead soldier’s brother: James Bright, Pyrrhic Victory, part 1. |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Richard A. Conine introduces space cadet Chip Corrigan, who has to deal with monstrous space aliens and a domineering computer: Raft, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Frances Gow depicts Corey’s dilemma: is what he wishes for really what he wants? The Warren Street Kid. ‘Noah knew he would have to choose between laying a ring on Leslie’s finger or laying dollars on the ponies’: Channie Greenberg, Barefoot Nuptials. New contributor Lisa Khlif portrays a big-eared man’s love for his wife and daughter: The Man From Kerala. |
| Flash Fiction |
You’ve heard of speed dating? Here’s a twist where participants tell each other what they really think... Or so they think: Charles C. Cole, Speed Hating. New contributor Boris Kokotov examines existence from a somewhat microcosmic perspective: The Fish Bubble. |
| Poetry | John Stocks, Eloise, a Girl on Film |
| Short Poetry |
David Barber, From the Lucy Poems |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Richard A. Conine, Frances Gow, Lisa Khlif, and Boris Kokotov. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 530 Response wonders what if Big Fridge Is in the Loop? Challenge 531 suspects there’s something Funny in the Dark. |
| The Reading Room |
Joanna M. Weston, A Summer Father, excerpt |
| 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.”
To Bewildering Stories’ schedule: In Times to Come
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