The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 651
| Novels |
Jay-Bee stages a coup at Cosmitix. Jenny Appleseed is squeezed out of the superworld and emerges in the material realm. The CosmiGirls have plans of their own. Bertrand Cayzac, Floozman in Space
Chapter 18: They, Too, Are Looking for Janatone, part 1
A depleted diamond mine is turned into an aquarium. A theme park attracts tourists. That, too, is good... for a while. Elous Telma, Oikos Nannion
Chapter 3: Digging Holes for Fun and Profit
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| Novellas |
Frank and Dippy are cornered by pursuers. Might an interdimensional meteorite come as a blessing in disguise? Terry L. Mirll, Karat Cake, part 3. Aaron needs to repay a loan to his friend, Bud. When Aaron applies for a job in a bagel shop, the interviewer, Anini, asks him some rather odd questions. Bruce Pavalon, Space Girl Blues
Chapter 3: Career Opportunities
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| Short Stories |
How might the new lord of a manor settle some very old scores between ancestral enemies? Arthur Davis, Dunsmoor, part 1; conclusion New contributor Tobacco Jones introduces Marco, who learns an old truth. Money is power, and vice-versa, especially in the illicit drug trade: Brain Antenna, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Sally Rose doesn’t need Sheriff Anderson to tell her there are bad people out in the world. She knows one of them all too well, and he’s come to visit: Gary Clifton, What Comes Around. |
| Poetry | Michael D. Amitin, Sirens Ringing Dry |
| Short Poetry |
Denny Marshall, Zebra Galaxy James Robert Rudolph, A Vigor’s Waning |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Tobacco Jones. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
Bertrand Cayzac, The Scandal Don Webb, Nothing and Somethingness |
| 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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