The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 587
| Novel |
Razvan says he needs Kyran to guide him across the desert. But who is really leading whom? Sarah Ann Watts, Winter Ship Chapter 11: Night Has Come, part 1; part 2
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| Novella |
The saddest tragedy is one that ends before it begins. Tantra Bensko, Equinox Mirror Chapter 14: Lucky’s Mother Chooses, conclusion
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| Short Stories |
New contributor R. C. Capasso has an Earthling scientist learn from the Baleg that sentient beings can reach the same conclusions about life in very different ways: In the Economy of Life, part 1; conclusion. New contributor F. Hampton Carmine asks What if the last man on Earth isn’t a man? What might it be able to tell mankind? The Great Tree’s Last Thoughts. Remember, the old saying “You are what you eat” is a warning: Heather J. Frederick, The Scientist’s Garden. |
| Flash Fiction |
Where does inspiration come from in writing fiction? Mainly from a dialogue between the author and work: Oonah V. Joslin, Blizzard. |
| Poetry | John Grey, The Perfect Man |
| Short Poetry |
B. Z. Niditch, Aboard the S.S. Pushkin |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes R. C. Capasso and F. Hampton Carmine. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 587 heeds the poet who says The Mouth Listens. |
| Letters | Bewildering Stories discusses Cassandra’s Voices : with Noel Joslin |
| 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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