The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 744
| Novella |
The Lookout Beaver Club induces a dream in an unsuspecting subject. Maggi meets Fura and Runni, who are the Lookout Beavers’ enemies. Ásgrímur Hartmannsson, Attack on an Evil God |
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| Short Stories |
Worried about concussions in muscle sports? This over-the-top farce says we ain’t seen nothin’ yet:
Gary Clifton, Gorillo Lightfeather, Nose Guard. New contributor Paul Alex Gray shows what life is like for an avatar in a videogame. Lose a round? Just do Respawn. Want to make money by developing some wild acreage? The woodland fairies and their queen may make you an offer you won’t want to refuse: Donna Hole, Laughing at Butterflies, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Collectors can be determined seekers and devoted to what they fancy. And even the memory of a collection can be treasured: Boris Kokotov, Rameau, Couperin and Others. |
| Poetry |
David Adès, The Big Picture New contributor Dhruvi Modi, What Do You Know, My Dear? |
| Classic Reissue |
Translations Pierre de Ronsard, Quand vous serez bien vieille |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Paul Alex Gray and Dhruvi Modi. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 744 flexes its Muscle Unbound. |
| Letters | Deborah Palmer, A Poem for the Ages |
| The Reading Room |
Alison McBain, Marianne Delacourt, Sharp Edge review |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Winter Wonderland 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
Readers’ reactions are always welcome.
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