The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 734
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| Novel |
The Dead Bin team captures Wendel. A lurking suspect detonates the bomb in Janet’s car. Ivan talks a little too much, and someone he knows comes calling with a pistol. Gary Clifton, The Dead Bin |
| Novella |
Krista’s research on line turns up a new contact. She meets with Tran to discuss the new evidence, and the two find they have more in common than they suspected. Morris J. Marshall, Volatility Cycles |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Kelly Sauvage Angel shows how a little respect can go a long way in dealing with The Veggie Uprising. New contributor Martin Grise shows the extents to which a modern time-shifting knight errant might go to rescue his love in Operation Intoxicar, part 1; part 2; conclusion. Organic architecture blends with the landscape. But what might it mean to live in a dwelling where the interior landscape is from long ago and far away? Marian L. Thorpe, The Spider’s Spinning, part 1; conclusion. |
| Classic Reissue |
The Sun-being’s warning to future space travelers comes to us from four centuries ago. Watch where you step and what you eat; what looks like a cabbage may be a divinely favored philosopher. Cyrano de Bergerac, The Other World
Episode 28: Go to the Cabbage, and Be Wise.
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| Poetry | Channie Greenberg, Soft Words and Whispers |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Kelly Sauvage Angel and Martin Grise. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 733 Response calculates the danger in Biting Down. Challenge 733 Response says Words Count. Challenge 734 says Table Grace. |
| The Reading Room |
Alison McBain reviews M. J. Neary, Sirens Over the Hudson. |
| The Art Gallery |
Denny Marshall, Gyro 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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