The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1075
| Serial |
In 1943, at the height of the war in Europe, Dr. Hans Asperger begins to discover that others feel as he does and are even engaged, like himself, in circumventing Nazi law against physical and mental disabilities. The future holds sometimes surprising rewards for compassion. Marina J. Neary, The Most Promising Cases, part 3; part 4; conclusion |
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| Short Stories |
Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé depicts an untutored museum official who gradually learns of the emotions behind
The Portrait in the Louvre, part 1;
conclusion. — translated by Patricia Worth New contributor Lameese Hassen takes a mother and her baby on a kind of pilgrimage of refuge Somewhere in the Multiverse. New contributor Noam Rabinovitch tells what can happen when a young musician is miraculously given a chance to flourish by his Guardian Angel. |
| Flash Fiction |
Homicide Detective Maggs Williams has a talent for getting to the bottom of potentially mysterious local cases because she knows the people and speaks their language.
Gary Clifton, Street Speak New contributor Isaiah J. King shows how a big corporation might employ a Department of Omen Readers who interpret chicken remains by Intuitive Analysis. |
| Poetry | Bill Bowler, Ice Cream and Me |
| Short Poetry |
Oonah V. Joslin, Portrait of a Poet Brenda Mox, Hold the Corners |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Lameese Hassen, Isaiah J. King and Noam Rabinovitch. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1075 admits that auguring is problematic, but now is, nonetheless, Auguring Time. |
| The Reading Room |
L. L. Richardson, David and Victoria excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Dimensional Frequency Channie Greenberg, Peach Pit Bridges Ron Sanders, Kitty A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art |
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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