The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 372
| Novel |
After Jacko is murdered, Diana fears she may be next and is too terrified even to try to flee. She and Sarina commiserate, and Diana recalls Steven’s funeral: Robert N. Stephenson, Uttuku |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Phillip Donnelly introduces David Vincent, who is fatally alienated from his work, co-workers and surroundings in an office cubicle: The Office Trinity. A werewolf recalls the events in his coming of age in his clan: Janie Hofmann, Memoirs of the Werewolf. New contributor Rion A. Scott depicts Octavio, a retired comic who faces the advancing flood tide of old age: Octavio the Clown’s Last Act. New contributor Ryan J. Southworth portrays a pitched battle between the human defenders of an oasis and the semi-human Falmari: The Oasis, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Marya M. Wolfman puts Uncle Jack, a holographic musician, into contact with sinister Mr. Davenport. Jack is a good man and artist, but he’s remarkably ill-equipped to create people: In the Game of God, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Michael Wen makes you wonder what your culinary limits might be: Nonlocal Ingredient. |
| Poetry | Michael Lee Johnson, Charley Plays a Tune |
| Short Poetry |
Rebecca Lu Kiernan, Snowball Effect Mary B. McArdle, Shy Moon Marina J. Neary, Girl With a Rusty Wagon |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Phillip Donnelly, Rion A. Scott, Ryan J. Southworth, Michael Wen, and Marya M. Wolfman. |
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| Challenge |
Arnold Hollander, Challenge 371 Response Challenge 372: Eggshelled |
| The Art Gallery |
A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Earth Observatory Picture of the Day |
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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