The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 671
| News | This is the last regular issue of the spring or fall, whichever is the season in your hemisphere. Next week, we’ll bring you the Editors’ Choices in the Second Quarterly Review. |
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| Novel |
The shark seems to be trying to tell the crew something, but only Nannion seems to be in contact with the creature. And there’s another shark, as well. What to make of it all? A look at Frank gives the team reason for caution. Elous Telma, Oikos Nannion
Chapter 19: Let Them Go? part 2
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| Serial | The mysterious Yellow Man promises that Allan can free himself from a shadow world between life and death if he will open three golden boxes containing lost memories. But Allan is terrified, feeling certain that the last box conceals a truth he may not be able to live with: Philip Ivory, The Yellow Man, part 5; part 6; conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Cheyenne Brown introduces a kindly but determined Grandma who gives her grandchildren an example of generosity and bravery: Inverness Dogs, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Christina Marie retells the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves from the viewpoint of the wicked witch and an equally resourceful Snow White: Snow Witch, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Murder for hire can become a very dangerous game when the hit man doesn’t know who all the players are: Gary Clifton, Blind Corners. |
| Poetry | Robert W. Shmigelsky, Feeding Frenzy |
| Short Poetry |
Mike Acker, Recycled Thoughts Stephen Ellams, Referendum |
Departments
| Interview | Bewildering Stories interviews Andrea Laws. |
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| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Cheyenne Brown and Christina Marie. |
| Challenge | Challenge 671 advises: Take the Money and Run. |
| Letters | John B. Rosenman discusses The Old Man and the Pond. |
| The Reading Room |
Richard Thieme, Foam excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, The Teller of Fortunes 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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