The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1074
| Serial | Vienna, March 1943. Dr. Hans Asperger, the pioneer in the study of autism, has to diagnose and treat children that the Third Reich might deem “unworthy of life.” He adheres to the Hippocratic Oath at the risk of his own life when the Gestapo comes calling. Marina J. Neary, The Most Promising Cases, part 1; part 2 |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Brian Brestovac depicts Anthea’s progress in overcoming her chronic, pathological fear of other people. But what underlying personality will her success reveal? Isolation for One, part 1; conclusion New contributor Doug Stoiber brings together Des, a student and restaurant employee, and a homeless man, Marlo. The result is a work of civilization in Sustenance and Verse, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Matias Travieso-Díaz raises a question for Théophile Leroux: does his color blindness make him unworthy of love? Will substituting politics for love make him unworthy of life? Purple Flower |
| Flash Fiction |
An aged author of children’s stories is so beloved that he is literally carried away by his own work: Charles C. Cole, A Writer’s World Beckons Amber complains that she is given too few short stories to judge. Her sister, Georgie, wishes that her own employers were so discriminating in assigning their projects: Channie Greenberg, Short-Story Judge |
| Poetry | Bill Bowler, Circling the Drain |
| Essay | New contributor David Margolin fondly reviews a virtual catalogue of toys he once enjoyed, and he questions the actual value of anyone’s toys that may still be in brand-new condition, ages later: The Toys of My Youth. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Brian Brestover, David Margolin, Doug Stoiber and Matias Travieso-Díaz. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1074 finds that how we see things often depends on Pointing Our View. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Ice Troll 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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