The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 694
| Novel |
Elise makes inter-enclave communications possible. Marco and Seraphin make a tense alliance. Mira has plans of her own. Bill Kowaleski, Living Standards |
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| Short Stories |
Where does nowhere begin? On the mean streets of poverty and in the corridors of power:
Gary Clifton, Where Nowhere Begins, part 1;
conclusion. Mothers watch out for their children, even the most unlikely-seeming ones: Walter Kwiatkowski, The Egg, part 1; part 2; conclusion. How far will people go to achieve their ends even in a quaint English town? Kitley Wellington, The Parochial Quest of Upper Pandle, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Vera Mont enjoins all drivers, even human ones, to Drive Safely! |
| Poetry |
Denny Marshall, Ode to Amanda Anna Ruiz, Inside the Quiet Room |
| Short Poetry |
Shola Balogun, Sparrows Gregg Dotoli, True Loss |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Vera Mont. |
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| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Synthetic Minds 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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