The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 761
| Novella |
The coven’s militia is armed and dangerous. So is their nemesis, Gordon Lormor. Edward Ahern, The Witches’ Bane
Chapter 16: Caring for the Cat
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| Short Stories |
Felix Washington has been fighting other countries’ wars in a distant desert for so long he no longer remembers who he is:
Gary Clifton, As Eternity Whispers. From behind a pane of glass, a wizard’s captive speaks words of warning and escape to the wizard’s new servant: Charles C. Cole, The Wizard’s Mule, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Demetrios Matsakis gives Aurora a choice between The Sun-Lovers. New contributor Jhon Sánchez introduces Ricardo, who is forced to consider what not life but living means in The IV-Therapy Coffee Shop of the 21st Century, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Stephen Owen brings a weary and famished traveler to a rooming house. The traveler is offered a dish of tasty leftovers before he retires for the night to Kevin’s Room. |
| Poetry |
Ljubo M. Popovich, Anthem of My American Youth Ronald Schulte, The Hawk King Takes Flight |
| Short Poetry |
Channie Greenberg, Picky About Prey Denny Marshall, Orbital Mousetrap |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Demetrios Matsakis, Stephen Owen and Jhon Sánchez. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 761 advises taking another look at that Mincemeat Pie. |
| The Reading Room |
Ted Myers, Making It: Music, Sex & Drugs in the Golden Age of Rock excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Golden Obelisk 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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