The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 574
| Serial | ‘Tell Koschay the Deathless that when Vaslev finds Koschay’s heart and Koschay’s soul, then Koschay will be Deathless no longer.’ Danielle L. Parker, The Deathless Hand, part 1; part 2; part 3. |
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| Short Stories |
Victor fears that an ancient work of fiction may tell the truth about his real nature: E. B. Fischadler, A Promise Kept. Jennifer O’Connell is new at the work of finding and eradicating sinister infestations, but she is good at it — perhaps too much for her own good: Anthony Lukas, Seeds of the Dark, part 1; conclusion. A mirror can transmit a sign of recognition across an unbridgeable gulf: James Shaffer, The Sandman’s Dream. |
| Flash Fiction |
In a virtual world of reality TV, executions needn’t be grisly for the public audience. In fact, they may even contain sparks of life: Charles C. Cole, Frank Spooner’s Last Words. |
| Short Poetry |
Stephen Ellams, Orchard Thieves Michael Lee Johnson, Possum Slim |
| Essay | When does the consumer society become the consumed society? Thomas Lee Joseph Smith, Bin There, Dumb That. |
Departments
| Challenge | Challenge 574 asks what is Real Reality? |
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| The Reading Room |
Matt Spencer, Chapel of the Falcon : excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
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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