The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 769
| Novel |
Mayor Brandt receives Sgt. Jefferson “Jeb” Cody and underlings with ostentatious informality in a regal setting. One push shows everyone who’s the boss in New Eden. Charles C. Cole, Murder in New Eden
Chapter 8: The Mayor’s Special Liaison
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| Serial | New contributor Lance Dean tells a cautionary tale about a planet where diamonds — and people — are treated like dirt: Brain Dead Peep Star Dreams, part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Liana V. Andreasen takes a group of loving, talented people to perform a ritual at At Taft Point. In the violent world of the Old West, justice may yet come from those clear-headed enough to seek it: Gary Clifton, Who Murdered Tulsa Rose? part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Arthur Whitaker brings young Nova to the home of elderly Beatrice Underwood with Happiness for Sale. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor P. C. Keeler shows why one must not get too uppity when messing with the timestream: Time After Time. |
| Poetry |
Mike Acker, Celestial Metaphors Ljubo Popovich, The Scarecrow Dreams |
| Essay | New contributor Fred Russell offers A Very Brief Meditation on Space and Time. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Liana V. Andreasen, Lance Dean, P. C. Keeler, Fred Russell, and Arthur Whitaker. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 769 asks you: Happiness? What’s That? Special Challenge: The Grammar of Spacetime |
| The Reading Room |
P. C. Keeler, Migon excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Temple of Light 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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