The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1039
| Novel |
Scott and Karyn wangle permission to enter the crypt of the Temple of the Inscriptions after hours. In the dark, strange things begin to happen. Humphrey Price, Temple of the Inscriptions
Chapter 2: The Temple
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| Novella | The physician recalls his adverturous university life in Prague and how he met the colorful Jemimah. Wilhelm Raabe, Elderflowers, part 2 |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Presley Acuna has a job applicant, Peter Clement, interviewed by a company administrator, Vince Mako, who seems to live up to his name when it comes to Pressing the Flesh. You thought Covid was bad? What if a fungus evolves into a deadly form that infects literally everything? Whatcha gonna do when it comes fo’ you? William Quincy Belle, The Fungal Trance, part 1; part 2; conclusion It may not be the best of ideas to depict certain animals consistently as villains in space fiction. Shawn Jacobson, The Terrors of Yip New contributor Mark Kirkbride proves the value of the prime rule of time travel: “Don’t get noticed.” And it applies even when you must get noticed. Time Machine Needed |
| Flash Fiction |
A spiritual intermediary receives a strange call for help. Like a good writer, he knows the value of imagery and can use it effectively. Charles C. Cole, Swain Clatchee Goes Fishing |
| Poetry | Ron Sanders, Masters of the Wheel |
| Short Poetry |
Julie Brandon, We Wear Black Robin Helweg-Larsen, Zombies and Wolves |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Presley Acuna and Mark Kirkbride. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1039 supposes a conclusion might come a little late but Now You Catch It. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Ice Forest Channie Greenberg, Leanings 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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