The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 768
| Novel |
At a soda fountain, Eartha Wayne and Lucy Nakamura talk about surveillance cameras. Lucy mentions a mysterious death that the authorities want hushed up. At Millennial Park, Police Chief Schiavelli and Sgt. Cody discuss infrastructure and meet Tabitha. Charles C. Cole, Murder in New Eden
Chapter 7: Flushed Out Into Space
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| Serial | Young Timothy Franklin goes time traveling in full view of his disconcerted family. His intervention in the past has an effect he does not expect: John M. Floyd, The Winslow Tunnel, part 3; conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
In a near-future workforce, even androids may be under- or overqualified for their jobs:
Morris J. Marshall, Tech Support. The Paris métro is always busy. When Steve boards the right train at the wrong time, crowds get in Sophie’s way in her attempt to bring him back: Philip Murray-Lawson, Along Those Lines. Dictators are notoriously self-absorbed. They might be careful in implementing their mania lest it have unintended consequences: Patric Quinn, Power Supply, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Brad Ashmore puts a frustrated worker on a carousel with a hole in his pocket. The result is Merry Mint. |
| Poetry | Crystalwizard, Scientific Imagination |
| Short Poetry |
Karin S. Heigl, Human Rust — Menschenrost Robin Helweg-Larsen, The Brain Simulates |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Brad Ashmore. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 768 gives you an algebra problem: Square That Root. |
| The Art Gallery |
Denny Marshall, Wading the Gravity Stream 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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