The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1053
| Novels |
Lemm Meetrich, a junior ambassador and intelligence operative assigned to the planet Olmenin, has recovered a Revolutionary robot’s head. Lemm now needs the aid of artificial intelligence. Even more, he needs a friend.
Alcuin Fromm, Unseen Friends, Unseen Foes, part 4 Private detective Max Niemand, a veteran of the Chicago Police Department, attends the First Ward’s New Year’s ball in 1906. His experienced eye notes two attendees holding an unlikely conversation. Gary Inbinder, Chicago Max
Chapter 1: The First Ward Ball
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| Short Stories |
Jerome has just called whales home for culling, and the Spacers have returned with aliens, who have questions about faith.
David Barber, Lost Souls New contributor Robert Hill Cox explains what’s involved in moving a giant tree four centuries old in The Oak-a-Dope Report, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Aodhán C. E. Ridenour offers scenes of settlers’ lives at the time of the Whiskey Rebellion in the late 18th century: A Goats Story, part 1; part 2; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
What if one’s conscience had a mind of its own? What a friend it might become. Charles C. Cole, Me and My Ego |
| Poetry |
Gary Inbinder, His Last Woman Ron Sanders, She Says Her Name Is Sheila |
Memoir |
A former citizen of Massachusetts pays a tribute to the longest-serving governor in the state’s history. Gil Hoy, Grace in a Small Touch |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Robert Hill Cox and Aodhán C. E. Ridenour. |
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| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Medusa’s Lair Channie Greenberg, Starlight 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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