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The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 1055

Novels Nickel finds a way to identify a secret Revolutionary agent. Lemm exerts his status as a diplomat and crashes a state dinner. Alcuin Fromm, Unseen Friends, Unseen Foes, part 6

Max Niemand has eyes and dreams for Olga Boyer, but his appointment with Moe Weinberg takes unexpectedly urgent precedence. Gary Inbinder, Chicago Max
Chapter 3: A Fresh Corpse, part 1; part 2
Short
Stories
As is said but seldom done: “Read the fine print.” And that goes for both Earthlings and space aliens. Bill Kowaleski, The Fine Print

New contributor Paul W. La Bella shows how a very bad toothache and an atomic bomb can really spoil one’s day: No Cure for the Pain

James has to mediate a serious business conflict in a bar where the band’s motto is “No Regrets.” James used to play in that band, and he has some regrets. C. F. Pierce, Corinthian Club. part 1; conclusion
Flash
Fiction
At night, on a dimly lit street, a target may be hard to define. Too hard, in fact. Gary Clifton, Shots in the Dark
Poetry Sultana Raza, Whose Heart Should He Be Given?
Short
Poetry
Bill Bowler, Meaning
New contributor Olivia Cummings, A Kindergarten High

Departments

Welcome Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Olivia Cummings and Paul W. La Bella.
The Art
Gallery
Richard Ong, Acid Trip
Channie Greenberg, Dread
Ron Sanders, First Jump

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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