The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 790
| News | This is the last regular issue of 2018. Next week, we’ll bring you the Editors’ Choices in the Fourth Quarterly Review and, on December 31, the 2018 Annual Review. |
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| Novel |
Sgt. Cody reports to Chief Schiavelli about the assassination attempt. Meanwhile, Lucy Nakamura and Eartha Wayne discover an emergency in the cryonics chamber. Charles C. Cole, Murder in New Eden
Chapter 29: Pelkey Controls the Countdown Clock
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Takane Kiuchi brings a friendly owl to the aid of A Balloon Seller tr. by Toshiya Kamei. Andrew is born with a paranormal ability. It can make life very hard for him unless he has the support of understanding parents and like-minded friends: Bill Kowaleski, Andrew’s Gift, part 1; conclusion. A young boy needs music lessons. He finds them in an unlikely place with a very unusual friend: Morris J. Marshall, The Bottle Man, part 1; conclusion. When an artist’s grief costs him his motivation and talent, he will need help to find it again: Richard Ong, The Revenant’s Gift. |
| Memoir | New contributor Mohan Pandey recounts an incident that illustrates the meaning of life Beyond Trail’s End. |
| Poetry |
Michael J. Collins, Where Are the Ghosts? Myra Litton, The Interstellar Archaeologist and Librarian |
| Short Poetry |
Edward Ahern, Kairos Robin Helweg-Larsen, Darwin |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Toshiya Kamei, Takane Kiuchi, and Mohan Pandey. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 790 hopes the artist gets his Brush Back. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Ice Castle 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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