The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1052
| Novel | Lemm and his contact, Tinnoli, plan to send a message back to headquarters, but their preparations are interrupted when a Revolutionary robot attacks. Alcuin Fromm, Unseen Friends, Unseen Foes, part 3 |
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| Novella | Paris Jade finally realizes she must decide whether she can emerge from the safety of her bunker. Shauna Checkley, Wild Confines part 4; conclusion |
| Short Stories |
New contributor David Blitch glimpses a world in which birthdays are celebrated, but what if one of them is officially the last one for the Birthday Boy, part 1; conclusion? New contributor Rivka Crowbourne shows what might happen when covetous aliens create a Praline Peril. In some places, ready access to cash funds may be a matter of life or death. Huina Zheng, A Quest for Justice, part 1; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
Sebbie’s new boyfriend is all personality. Charles C. Cole, Sebbie and Neil |
| Poetry | Michael Lee Johnson, Debbie Knows the Winds |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes David Blitch and Rivka Crowbourne. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1052 witnesses attempts to seek and bring Help From Afar. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Paradise Flowers Channie Greenberg, Whispers Ron Sanders, Face to Face 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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