The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 617
| Novel |
Rodney answers Mindy’s summons. On Level 17 and in a dream he begins to make decisions. John W. Steele, The Chronicle of Belthaeous
Chapter 39: Level Seventeen
Chapter 40: The Foreign Instillation, part 1; part 2 Chapter 41: The Mentor of Id |
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| Short Stories |
Gregory Simpson discovers what it really means to have too much of a good thing: Jill Hand, Spare Parts. There are no atheists in foxholes, nor on isolated country roads at night, when the moon is full: Maurice Roger, By the Broken Window, part 1; conclusion. Sometimes, a stroke of luck is all it takes to make someone a style-setter: Ron Van Sweringen, Platinum Blonde. |
| Drama | When you’re in trouble on an isolated country road, it can be helpful to have someone who cares — or, at least, knows — that you exist: Charles C. Cole, The Call from Mountainview Road. |
| Poetry | Mike Acker, Nasim |
| Short Poetry |
Lana Bella, A Knitted Day Tendai R. Mwanaka, No More Tears |
| Essay | Are you fed up with today’s diets? An old one may be in order, if you can afford it: Edward Ahern, An Immodest Proposal. |
Departments
| Discussions |
Bill Kowaleski, Technology for a New Age Eleanor Lerman, Messages From the Hidden World |
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| Challenge | Challenge 617 Argues With Self. |
| The Reading Room |
Robert Earle, Suffer the Children excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Aurora Island 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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