The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1078
| Serial | Former Homicide cop and now private detective Dave Kratzert pursues Traci’s kidnappers. He discovers that the kidnapping is not what it had appeared to be. Gary Clifton, All the Fine Tombstones. part 3; conclusion |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Matthew Hughes brings back an old classic that illustrates an important moral for young adults. What you say you’re afraid of: is it imaginary or is it real? Bearing Up, part 1; conclusion New contributor James Michael introduces young Xavier, whose daydreams are not like others’. In his, the world may come to life in ways he finds astonishing and challenging. A Daydreamer Family, part 1; conclusion A physician on vacation finds that he may have chosen the wrong vocation for himself though not for someone special to him. C. F. Pierce, Hotel Venice and the Bohemian Blue, part 1; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
A thought or artifact may be old, but consider its meaning: is it really venerable or is it almost entirely junk? Robert B. Marcus, Jr., The Secret of the Ultimate Truth |
| Poetry |
New contributor Ronald A. Busse, Poems That Could End the World Brenda Mox, Absurd Devices |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Ronald A. Busse and Matthew Hughes. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1078 asks: do any of the stories or poems remind you of Anybody You Know? |
| The Reading Room |
Rachel Rodman, Mutants and Hybrids excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Galaxy Station 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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