The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 803
| Novel |
At an initiation ceremony, Riku is dismayed to see what severe trials may lie ahead. However, her fellow initiates seem friendly, and her roommate is a kind of protector. L. S. Popovich, Echoes From Dust |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Sam M. Phillips depicts the dangers of creating an Artificial Man. How do you wish “Happy birthday” to someone who already has too many? Patric Quinn, Another Year, Vlad. New contributor Ellen Tremiti evokes the New Jersey Devil in a story that recalls its origin: Don’t Worry, Little Sis, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Poetry |
Alan Garfoot, Guardian of the World Arthur Jackson, Jupiter Street James Robert Rudolph, Santa Fe Unsettled |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Ed Blundell, Ley Lines |
Departments
| Translation | Paul Celan, O, Little Root of a Dream, tr. by Michael R. Burch |
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| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Ed Blundell, Sam M. Phillips and Ellen Tremiti. |
| The Critics’ Corner |
Bewildering Stories discusses Echoes From Dust, chs. 1-6 with Ljubo Popovich. |
| Challenge | Challenge 803 says never mind unintended consquences, beware of Unintended Causes. |
| The Art Gallery |
Channie Greenberg, Flower Cycles 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
Readers’ reactions are always welcome.
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