The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1029
| Novels |
Max Niemand takes his client Mary O’Neill to the wealthy Lincoln Park district of Chicago to explain to her that he doesn’t come from there. Mary begins to get a little sentimental. Gary Inbinder, The Girl on the Rush Street Bridge
Chapter 18: Max and Mary
Beatrice receives two letters bearing the same date and signature, but they are not from the same person. Steven Schechter, A Victorian Romance
Chapter 4: Two Letters, part 1;
part 2
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| Short Stories |
New contriibutor Rhema Sayers shows how humans can make a good impression in interstellar relations on A Judge from Lahathia, part 1;
conclusion. A very unmusical young man inexplicably becomes an accomplished tenor once every five years for a song appropriate to the occasion. Tom Sheehan, A Version of Victory, part 1; conclusion New contributor Nicole Walsh introduces Tiff, a Peacekeeper who has trouble maintaining her supply of requisite magic spells. Kill Switch |
| Flash Fiction |
Zed, the last of his kind, is unaware that he may provide humanity a bright future.
Charles C. Cole, Remembering Zed Some healthcare products may be vastly overpriced and even ineffective, but there is a reason why scams may succeed. Huina Zheng, Costly Comfort |
| Short Poetry |
Oonah V. Joslin, Wave Theory |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Rhema Sayers and Nicole Walsh. |
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| The Reading Room |
Douglas Young reviews Philip Norman, George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Blood Petals Channie Greenberg, To Wonderland Ron Sanders, The Bathers 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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