The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1056
| Novels |
Lemm learns the plans of the enemy saboteurs. It’s all the more urgent now that he and Nickel find some way to foil them.
Alcuin Fromm, Unseen Friends, Unseen Foes, part 7a; part 7b, conclusion
Max picks up some clues at the site of Moe’s murder. Then he’s visited by the brother of someone who might be involved in the crime. It’s time to call in a lawyer: Manny Rosen. Gary Inbinder, Chicago Max
Chapter 4: A New Client, part 1; part 2
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Roger Helms brings in a lawyer to help a city dump profit from being partially recycled by sea monsters. The result is The Kraken Dilemmas. New contributor Sean Krummerich takes Ahmad on a sympathetic journey away from a disaster, but healing can come in the Call of the Djinn, part 1; part 2; conclusion. When a space alien stops to refuel in the Rockies, he risks becoming a figure in local mythology. Mark Reasoner, Minding My Own Business, part 1; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
We may benefit from considering how we view other prople. Mental decorations may help, or they may be merely extra baggage. Charles C. Cole, Coping Mechanisms |
| Short Poetry |
Shauna Checkley, Ocean Slumber |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Roger Helms and Sean Krummerich. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 1054 Response discusses
False Memories. Challenge 1056 has heard the saying that “life is but a dream,” but some ask, “What can it be But a Fable?” |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, God Light Channie Greenberg, Balance Ron Sanders, Meet the McGurdys 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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