The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1031
| Novel |
Max Niemand awakens to find himself attended by comely young lady. He’ll have to work hard to protect her. Gary Inbinder, The Girl on the Rush Street Bridge
Chapter 20: Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Ken Foxe hears the resolution of The Songsmith when the world is suffused with music that is literally not of this Earth. New contributor Glenn A. Kershaw has a British Detective Inspector question a person of interest in a murder case. The Insprector knows why there’s no way to mend Broken Things. Are we worried about Artificial Intelligence getting too smart? Better worry about science mistakenly making natural intelligence too dumb. Ron Sanders, Out in the Open |
| Flash Fiction |
In crummy quarters on the mean streets, young Callie has to choose between homes: one bad; the other, worse.
Gary Clifton, Movin’ on Back Two illicit lovers normally separated by an ocean spanning half the world have met for a tryst. Now they must finally separate and return to their normal lives. Changming Yuan, Fare Well |
| Poetry | Oonah V. Joslin, Strategic Withdrawal |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Ken Foxe and Glenn A. Kershaw. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 1031 examines stories where things are sight unheard and Sound Unseen. Challenge 1031 Response: Dora’s Wages |
| At the Cinema |
Douglas Young reviews The Stones and Brian Jones |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Sigil Power Channie Greenberg, Simpatico 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
Readers’ reactions are always welcome.
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