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What’s in Issue 378

Novel Sarina explains the origin of the horse sculpture and the potency of its contents:
Robert N. Stephenson, Uttuku
Novella Adolescence is an age at which emotions can run high — and overwhelm the unwary:
Bill Bowler, High School Honey
Chapter 1: Honey; Chapter 2: Shirley
Chapter 3: Flea and Floater
Short
Stories
Frank Jones views his past through a pair of sludge-green sunglasses, but they don’t stop him from losing himself in a Map: David S. Bernstein, It’s Reigning Time.

A deity assigning compensatory tasks in Purgatory needs — above all — a sense of humor: Mary B. McArdle, A Date for the End of the World.

Rhiannon is running up her heating bill, and Grizelda is out for justice: Rachel Parsons, The Man Who Was Too Many, page 1; page 2; conclusion.

Can even big-city mean streets compare to backwoods feuds? John W. Steele, Chickasaw Ridge.
Flash
Fiction
New contributor Arthur Mackeown shows that Heaven is something that can be deserved but not earned: Rose.

New contributor Iris Macor takes a young girl to a dentist’s office for a sinister transformation: Fangs.

New contributor Fehmida Zakeer depicts an ill-starred marriage in terms of colors: Canvas of Life.
Poetry Michael Lee Johnson, Phil and Betsy, Illinois Farmers
Gloria Watts, Remembered
Short
Poetry
Oonah V. Joslin, Stain of Light
John Stocks, August Evenings

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Welcome Bewildering Stories welcomes Arthur Mackeown and Fehmida Zakeer.
Challenge Challenge 378 reminds you: Let Not the Left Hand...
The Art
Gallery
A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art
NASA: Picture of the Day
Earth Observatory Picture of the Day
Our Earth as 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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