The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1070
| Novel | Max Niemand confers with Ed Mahoney, the new boss of the north side of town. Max challenges Bugsy Battaglia to a duel, which is carefully arranged and takes place early on a winter morning in an abandoned building on the outskirts of the city. Gary Inbinder, Chicago Max |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Kris Faatz brings a tiny dragon to life to help young Helen deal with the reason she impulsively names him Ranger, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Pravan Omprakash puts Pramod, a naturally sceptical young man, into contact with Sancharan Baba, a normally imperturbable guru. Baba has a tragic flaw despite having been successful as The Collector of Time, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Michael Strickland takes a devoted father back to a playground where children’s swings are all that remain when there are No More Sparrows. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Jack Powers suggests that when interplanetary teleportation is invented, users must maintain calm confidence if they hope to arrive intact Where Science Ends. |
| Poetry |
Crystalwizard, An Old Man’s Musings Oonah V. Joslin, Father of Fractals Sultana Raza, Heartful Inheritance |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Kris Faatz, Pravan Omprakash, Jack Powers and Michael Strickland. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1070 says it’s okay to have qualms about traveling in any manner, by any device. Except the Narrative Device, of course. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, A Lovecraft Paradise Channie Greenberg, Spaces Ron Sanders, Fire and Brimstone 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:
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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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