The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 573
| Novel |
At Stella’s bar, Earl, Stella and Stub are joined by two newcomers. One is welcome; the other, not. Sherman Smith, Two Blind Men and a Fool Chapter 54: Stella’s by Starlight, part 1; conclusion
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| Serial | Gardar must ponder numerology and mathematics to solve a murder riddle. He is both distracted and motivated by someone new in his life, someone he must protect from warring Vikings: Bertil Falk, The Number of the Killer, part 3; conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
A lonely woman discovers a book that reads her even before she reads it: Prashila Naik, Portrait of My Youth. New contributor Simon Smith depicts the life of a man who arranges to have a brain implant that will relieve him of all tedium and annoyances: A Short, Happy Life, part 1; part 2; conclusion. Sometimes the smallest gifts betoken the greatest kindness: Ron Van Sweringen, The Apple Giver, part 1; conclusion. |
| Poetry | Zane Blom, The Old Man From Garrow |
| Short Poetry |
Raud Kennedy, Cookie Cutter |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Simon Smith. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
Harry Lang asks What the Heck Do Editors Really Want? |
| Challenge |
Challenge 572 Response discusses Disability and Comedy. Challenge 573 invites you to Suggest a Revelation. |
| The Reading Room |
Eric J. Guignard, Baggage of Eternal Night : 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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