The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1009
| Novels |
Joe Avery has heard Cupid, the flighty spirit of love, confess to having transgressed his own ethic and used his magical bow and arrow for his own benefit. Joe now meets the object of Cupid’s adoration and discovers why it happened. Charles C. Cole, Joe Avery
Chapter 25: One of Cupid’s Casualties
New contributor Patrick Honovich sends Satet Nosso, a kind of sorcerer’s apprentice, on a quest to find some items that will further his magical education in more ways than one: The Elusive Taste of Kolchoan Blue
Chapter 1: From an Unexpected Quarter
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Nathaniel Barrett recounts a taxi driver’s extraordinary experience with a Passenger of the Night, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Dianne Majzoub involves a couple in a medical insurance scheme that involves some literal Chipping Away. Omega Brown has acquired a sword that has a mind of its own, namely that of the war god. Kazar-Kai. Who or what shall be the weapon of universal conquest? Tom Vaine, The Ballad of Omega Brown: Kazar-Kai’s War, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
When dealing directly with an authoritarian government, one must be careful to direct requests to the proper authority. If there is any question about who that authority may be, all hell may break loose: Gary Inbinder, Is He Real? |
| Poetry | Ron Sanders, The Robot Says Go |
| Short Poetry |
Erica Evans, Sloth |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Nathaniel Barrett and Dianne Majzoub. | |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 1009 observes that, when it comes to sins, a certain Two Out of Seven might not be the worst. Challenge 1009 Response discusses Robots. Challenge 1009 Response discusses Eating Patients. | |
| The Reading Room |
KJ Hannah Greenberg, Eternal not Ephemeral excerpt | |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Chromatic Entanglement 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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