The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1012
| Novels |
After a visit with an emissary of Mother Nature, Joe realizes how far the similarities between humans and the exotics of fairy- and folk-tales extend. Charles C. Cole, Joe Avery
Chapter 26: Calendula, My Partner
Satet Nosso bids unsuccessfully for the historical artefacts that Master Tellrus has sent him to acquire. But Satet is learning that the people frequenting the Auntighur auction house are not what he expected. Has he been set up for some devious purpose? Patrick Honovich, The Elusive Taste of Kolchoan Blue
Chapter 4: Too Much Confidence, part 1;
part 2
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| Short Stories |
Shannon feels she’s not really herself where she works. A visit with her mother shows her why.
Shauna Checkley, Shannon’s Reality Test If you want to venture into a trackless wilderness, be a good explorer and make sure you can get out. Jeffrey Greene, The Gulf Hammock, part 1; conclusion Comrades intent on heroic deeds ought to make sure they know and understand each other well to begin with. Harrison Kim, The Coming of the Anthrops, part 1; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
The one-child policy in effect up to 2016 encouraged implanting a contraceptive device that could break and cause painful injury. Huina Zheng, A Ring of Pain |
| Poetry | Catherine Coundjeris, Sound and Thought Are One |
| Essay | A brief account of the history of portrait painting reveals a rash of ironic contradictions. Gary Beck, Art Is Short |
Departments
| Challenge | Challenge 1012 hears a Sound Shot. |
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| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Into a Labyrinth Ron Sanders, As Ye Sow 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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