The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1038
| Novel |
New contributor Humphrey Price takes a young couple to Mexico, where they intend to visit the Temple of the Inscriptions.
Chapter 1: Palenque
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| Novella |
An elderly physician reflects on a very unconventional experience of his youth. Wilhelm Raabe, Elderflowers, part 1 |
| Short Stories |
Ships’ pilots had to adjust to new ways between the age of sail and the age of steam. So might it be in space.
David Barber, The Navigator’s Gift, part 1; conclusion
After Carl spills beer on his future wife, Jocie, at a baseball game, civilization collapses, and he has to fend off midnight bomb-throwers. John Bukowski, Summer’s End New contributor Jules has Nemiva bring Gil to meet Dozorsi after the aliens destroy their own space station in Earth orbit. After the Gods Die, part 1; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
Two humans realize that AI’s can get along together just fine; it’s their human counterparts who need help. M. D. Smith, Wired Hearts |
| Short Poetry |
Julie Brandon, When the Light Returns B. K. Mox, Beseeching at Portals |
| Drama | Jack London’s last hours might have been spent in a discussion of his literary sexual proclivities. Marina J. Neary, A Wolf by Any Other Name |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Humphrey Price and Jules. |
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| The Reading Room |
A non-partisan tribute to Jimmy Carter for the President’s 99th birthday. Douglas Young, This Little Opinion... excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
John Eric Ellison, Secret Treaties and Foreign Influence 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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