The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 399

Novel	Peter is still really frustrated by the confines of his little world but very excited about everything he and Jane can see happening outside it. At last, things seem to be looking up for Peter, but there’s always something round the corner. Michael E. Lloyd, Donna’s Men Chapter 7: 1961, part 1; part 2 Chapter 8: 1962, part 1; part 2
Novellas	At first, DJ thinks his new t-shirt design is bad, very bad. He’s about to meet someone who’ll change his opinion completely. Oonah V. Joslin, A Genie in a Jam Chapter 11: Blossoms When a body meets its clone comin’ through the transporter... No, that doesn’t have quite the ring of Robbie Burns’ song, but it sure does promise a lot more complications! Bob Brill, Rod, Rex and Rhoda Chapter 12: Good Dog Chapter 13: Parting Is Such Swift Stupidity Chapter 14: Humpty Dumpty Restored? Chapter 15: Future Imperfect
Short Stories	New contributor Lori Hines introduces an archeologist who stumbles across a sweet-smelling haunt: Citrus Surprise. New contributor Michael E. Howard opens a new chapter in Molluscoid-Human relations: ‘Headmaster, I got the Embassy’s latest tapes, but I can’t make heads or tentacles out of the Terran script. What’s the title of this one?’ Skinned Cats. A boy in ancient Greece helps out a lost space traveler who makes an offer that will come to seem attractive: Catfish Russ, The Man Made of Tin and Copper, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Faith Van Horne puts hapless Greg into a position where he can’t really be sure who’s betraying whom: Betrayal at Onyx Island, part 1; part 2; conclusion.
Flash Fiction	New contributor Matthias Hoefler depicts a love story and a fantastical paper airplane: What’s in Your Heart Will Wait for You.
Poetry	Channie Greenberg, Casters of Pornographic Derision New contributor Kai Laursen, Search for Dominant Gene
Translation	Carmen Ruggero, La cigarra y la hormiga — The Cicada and the Ant

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* welcomes Michael E. Howard, Kai Laursen, and Faith Van Horne.
Discussion	Gary Inbinder and Don Webb, Validation
Challenge	Challenge 399 makes things Hi’ly Abbrev’d.
The Reading Room	Francine Schwartz, Dancing Shadows, excerpt
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Earth Observatory Picture of the Day Our Earth as Art

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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