The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 534

Novel	Erik stalls the enemy fleet by means of virtual sabotage: James Bright, Pyrrhic Victory, part 4.
Short Stories	New contributor Sophia Boettcher demonstrates the consequences of relying on media that may be social but is not very bright: Killer App. The task of the shadow walkers is ‘to soften the pitiless clarity of the day with the soothing mystery of the night’: Elana Gomel, The Emissary of Shadows, part 1; conclusion. In a post-apocalyptic dark age, an isolated colony tries to keep alive the remnants of civilization and technology. The task is daunting and calls for compromises: Bill Kowaleski, Critical Mass. part 1; part 2; conclusion.
Flash Fiction	New contributor C. E. Gee depicts a Mars that Ray Bradbury never quite imagined: Souled Out.
Poetry	New contributor Piyush Pandey, Why Farewell Comes First
Short Poetry	New contributor Darrell Carter, The Name That Lives Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, Easter Eve

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Sophia Boettcher, C. E. Gee and Piyush Pandey.
Challenge	Challenge 534 A Canticle for Argos
The Reading Room	Tendai R. Mwanaka, Zimbabwe: the Blame Game, 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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