The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 720
| Novel |
Jackson Bain dresses in a faintly ridiculous costume to make his getaway. Jiri Lee provides stun rifles. Jackson and Jiri will need keen marksmanship and expert rocket-plane piloting to make their escape. Neither of them has both skills. Bill Kowaleski, Living Standards
Chapter 40: Evasive Measures
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| Serial |
A secret cabal of oligopolist swindlers meet for dinner. One of their number appears with an ornate pocket watch bearing a supernatural curse. It’s one of those things you can neither keep nor get rid of. The game is afoot. What is to be done? Bryon L. Havranek, The Masterful Timepiece |
| Short Stories |
Old, empty houses may be haunted by mournful regrets:
Patric Quinn, Sounds in the Dark. New contributor A. T. Sayre introduces a dead man whose mind is transferred to a replica of his former body. But who is he, really? And how can he know? He keeps insisting, I’m Not Robert, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Twelve-year old George witnesses a catastrophe. Since his life is full of unsavory characters, he expects to be blamed for it, even hanged. What might help him escape the fate he fears?
Gary Clifton, Happy Jack. Are wildfire soot and atmosopheric pollution melting the world’s glaciers? If you want an “alternative” explanation, here’s one that makes about as much sense as any: Karin S. Heigl, Black Dragon — Schwarzdrache — Svarti Drekinn. |
| Poetry |
New contributor Sujoy Bhattacharya, The Flute Douglas Young, The Most Fabulous Flower of All |
| Short Poetry |
Denny Marshall, Oort Cloud Bound |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Sujoy Bhattacharya and A. T. Sayre. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 720 undertakes a case of Ghost Bust-In. |
| The Reading Room |
Alison McBain reviews Cindy O’Quinn, Dark Cloud on Naked Creek. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Black Dragon 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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