The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 596
| Novel |
The Winter Ship is stranded. Kyran and Kras seem to exchange favors. Kyran takes refuge from the cold and discovers yet another mystery. Sarah Ann Watts, Winter Ship Chapter 20: Fly Away, Little Bird, part 1; part 2
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| Serial | Between Maya, Meena and Olga, poor Rahul’s romantic successes seem to lead only to sheer bewilderment: Rudy Ravindra, A Naive Casanova, parts 6-8; parts 9-11. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Mike Madison introduces Alex, who tries to comfort his mother in her nursing home. But both she and Alex are not exactly who Alex thinks they are: Distinction in the Darkness, part 1; conclusion. Prospective burglars would be wise not to get lost in their own fantasies — or anyone else’s, for that matter: Ross Smeltzer, The Thief and the Hidden Citadel, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Classic Reissue |
What is the difference between declaring an emergency and creating one? Michael E. Lloyd, Big Night Out. |
| Poetry | Oonah V. Joslin, Blind Expanse |
| Memoir | We all may have had occasion to say, “It seemed like a good idea at the time.” This is one such case: Charles C. Cole, Vermouth and Cigarettes. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Mike Madison. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 596 is Still There, Still Doing That. |
| Letter | Michael E. Lloyd reminds us that A Big Night Out Is the Order of the Day. |
| The Reading Room |
Bill Bowler reviews Gary Inbinder’s The Devil in Montmartre. |
| 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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