The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 741
| News | Milestone: Counting 59 special issues — the Quarterly and Annual Reviews and the early Retrospectives — this is the 800th weekly issue of Bewildering Stories, in publication since 2002. |
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| Serial |
The townspeople are suspicious of Daniel and Sarah, but Joseph and Anna are not. When Sarah discovers a crucial clue to Daniel’s “ancestry,” his conflict with his father boils over. James Krehbiel, Pure in Their Own Eyes |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Matthew F. Amati shows how an alien planet might have an immune reaction to human infection: Defender of the Flesh. A former army commander may still be watchful even in a sleepy provincial border town: Sameer Kulkarni, A Spy in McLeod Ganj, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Madeleine J. Lloyd brings two boys and then men together at a park bench at the end of the world: The Likelihood of Nothing. |
| Flash Fiction |
Con men ought to beware of little old ladies; they may be sharper than they look: Gary Clifton, Just Another Mark. |
| Poetry | Shawn Jacobson, Star Watch |
| Short Poetry |
Edward Ahern, Digger Oonah V. Joslin, Men of Passchendaele |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Matthew F. Amati. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 740 Response discusses Colonizing: Past and Future. Challenge 740 Response starts Defining “Conflict,” Challenge 741 espies an Open Cover. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Antimatter 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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