The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 802
| Novel |
Izzie, the High Priestess’s daughter, seeks out young Riku, who will be taken to Mitchlum and initiated into the priesthood. L. S. Popovich, Echoes From Dust |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Steven Julson brings a figment from horror fiction to a household that is more than a match for The Persistent Hand. New contributor David Rich introduces hapless Herb and extrapolating Emma. Interdimensional transport makes them unlikely superheroes, the Reflecting Phantoms, who can disappear Into Thin Space, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
After pleasant dreams, elderly Mr. Branson is reluctant to recall bad ones he experienced while awake: Charles C. Cole, Old Man Branson Wakes Up. |
| Short Poetry |
Michael Burch, What the Poet Sees New contributor Thulani Elvis Buthelezi, The Art of Sky Dancing New contributor Donna Dallas, Passing Thoughts Anna Ruiz, Thought Patterns in Sync |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Thulani E. Buthelezi, Donna Dallas, Steven Julson, and David Rich. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
Bewildering Stories asks, Where’s the Evidence? |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Phoenix Egg 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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