The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1041
| Novel |
Scott exits the strange compartment but realizes that Karyn is missing. How come he is next to a red step pyramid in a strange country? Humphrey Price, Temple of the Inscriptions
Chapter 4: The Pyramid
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| Novella | For the first time, the narrator is named. Jemimah addresses him familiarly as Herman, because she must explain to him what his and her own future must be. Wilhelm Raabe, Elderflowers, part 4 |
| Short Stories |
Homicide officer McCoy has some practical advice for would-be murderers.
Gary Clifton, The Best Laid Plans Must a mother mistreat her daughter because she has no choice? That’s what Kate has to decide concerning her mother and her own daughter. David Henson, Kate’s Night to Remember A DNA trace uncovers an adopted sister and a family’s part in American history in the 1960’s. Silvia E. Hines, A Mother’s Secret, part 1; conclusion New contributor Peter R. West shows how a courtroom lawyer deals with a collision of justice and injustice. The Unhoused Gift, part 1; part 2; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
How might an old married couple overcome diminished attraction? Modern technology can provide an unusual means. Charles C. Cole, My Wife Slept With a Movie Star |
| Poetry | Ron Sanders, Poor Man |
| Short Poetry |
B. K. Mox, Cradle of Origin |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Peter R. West. |
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| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Deviltree 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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