The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 793
| Novel |
Dominic Delumbria has taken Lucy Nakamura captive. He outlines his plans for her and for the coming revolution. Meanwhile, Mayor Brandt pacifies a crowd of concerned citizens. Charles C. Cole, Murder in New Eden
Chapter 32: “Officer Nakamura, welcome to the game.”
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| Novella |
Phoebe and Medusa fall in love in Medusa’s cave, but their relationship is beset by unexpected difficulties. Janel Brubaker, The Cavern of Serpents |
| Short Stories |
What can a pig do on the way to the slaughterhouse? Enjoy his family and a last cigarette:
L. S. Popovich, Hey, You. New contributor Margaret Rumford brings Dorrie, an aspiring but klutzy TV chef, to Scotland. She will have to prepare model dinners while contending with food critics, disasters and goats At the Tillicoultrie Inn, part 1; part 2; conclusion. Mysterious visions may be premonitions, provided they’re interpreted correctly: Hannah Spencer, The Lady Under the Lake. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Reina Cruz introduces Magdalena, who brings back from Guatemala a haunting figure with a strange fetish: Sombrerón. |
| Poetry | Robin Helweg-Larsen, Warfare |
| Short Poetry |
Gary Beck, Aging Crystalwizard, Autumn in Arizona |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Reina Cruz and Margaret Rumford. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 793 enumerates The Laundry on the List. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, The Mad Hatter’s Dream 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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