The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 753
| Novella |
Gordon responds to Judy’s call for help. He drives to Vermont and finds her at a house beside a pond. Edward Ahern, The Witches’ Bane
Chapter 2: Judy Calls
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| Serial | Sara takes the mysterious ring to an expert, Marcus, who discerns both clues and enigmas in it: Loren W. Cooper, His Other Face, part 3; part 4. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Steve Carr introduces a desperate man haunted by a mnemonic virus from his own personal hell: Round and Round. In the near future, expert systems supplant even traffic lights. Everyone — from coffee-shop customers to sports fans — sees the world as it’s prescribed. Is reality augmented or is it an electronic hallucination? Ada Fetters, Meatspace and MAIA, part 1; conclusion. Claudia tries to reconcile with her dying father, who can communicate only by quoting Shakespeare: A. Elizabeth Herting, Moments Upon the Stage, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Ronald Schulte discovers sinister properties in a kit for making Home Brew, part 1; conclusion. |
| Poetry |
Robin Helweg-Larsen, The Trendy Oonah V. Joslin, Book Sniffers Anonymous |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Steve Carr and Ronald Schulte. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 753 wonders Who’s Your Ghost? |
| The Reading Room |
Channie Greenberg, Concatenation excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Maker of Storms 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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