The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 555

Novel	After the battle, Earl relaxes at Gibby’s bar. He and Gibby are joined by Sam and Henry. Earl has nowhere to go, but Gibby has an idea that just may be a very sweet deal for them all. Sherman Smith, Two Blind Men and a Fool Chapter 18: Oh, How He Sang
Serial	Detectives Johnson and Tubbs discover that zombies may be useful: Ásgrímur Hartmannsson, Working People, part 1; part 2.
Short Stories	New contributor Jill Corddry has kind-hearted Amalda learn something about her strange little foster brother, Wicker: Homeward Bound. New contributor Anthony Lukas shows how clumsiness may not be all our fault after all: Counter Guy, part 1; conclusion. Space explorers find an asteroid where the strange inhabitants seem to fulfill old wives’ tales: Prospero Pulma, Jr., The Space Horsemen. In a near-future world where old age and illness are illegal, who will comfort the comforters? LaVerne Zocco, Dolores Metcalf, Comforter.
Poetry	New contributor Alicia Bair, Mortal Contention
Short Poetry	B. Z. Niditch, The Stage Manager
Memoir	Basic Training includes learning how to deal with some strange and ornery people: Charles C. Cole, Remembering Boot Camp.

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Alicia Bair, Jill Corddry, and Anthony Lukas.
The Critics’ Corner	Danielle L. Parker & Don Webb discuss Writing and Listening. Don Webb says It Beats As It Sweeps As It Cleans.
Challenge	Challenge 555 hears the approach of Inexorable Boots.
Letters	Bill Kowaleski, The 2013 Mariner Awards
The Reading Room	Danielle L. Parker reviews Paul Levinson, The Plot to Save Socrates.
Paul Celan	Clarise Samuels, Holocaust Visions: The Poetry of Paul Celan Preface
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:

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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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