The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 754
| News | This is the last regular issue of the first quarter — winter or summer, according to your hemisphere. Next week, we’ll bring you the Editors’ Choices in the First Quarterly Review. Regular publication continues with issue 755 on April 2. |
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| Novella |
Gordon discovers Judy at her pond-side cottage. He promptly calls the State Police and instructs the first responder in his investigation. Edward Ahern, The Witches’ Bane
Chapter 3: Finding Judy
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| Serial | Mysterious figures appear and give Sara an unpalatable choice: Loren W. Cooper, His Other Face, part 5; conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
A young boy hides in an entertainment center being transported to its new owner. He desperately flees a scene he can never really escape:
Bill Kowaleski, Peter Pan and the Mayfly, part 1;
conclusion. New contributor Peter Ninnes takes Jerry and Runako out at night on a secret mission to a haunted hotel ruined in an earthquake. They seek to recover a magical elixir that will restore Runako’s health as a Moon Child, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Heather N. Santo has Sam give his girlfriend an unusual mirror as a birthday present. It seems okay, until she hears The Growling. |
| Drama | Why did the chicken cross the road? How shall the ducks cross the street? Charles C. Cole, Make Way For the Duck Family. |
| Poetry |
Mike Acker, The Clowns Oonah V. Joslin, The Revolution of the Warriors Richard Stevenson, Flying Woman of Vietnam |
| Short Poetry |
James Robert Rudolph, Dawn, Early Autumn |
| Epitaph | for Stephen Hawking |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Peter Ninnes and Heather N. Santo. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 754 espies some Flying Figments. |
| Review Article |
Don Webb discusses John Dominic Crossan, God & Empire. |
| The Art Gallery |
Crystalwizard, Horsing Around 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
Readers’ reactions are always welcome.
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