The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 808
| Novel |
Riku learns more about her new friend, Telos. On a secret mission, a priestess, Cyona, shows Riku the monsters’ real threat to Mitchlum and the surrounding countryside. L. S. Popovich, Echoes From Dust |
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| Short Stories |
The old saying “You are what you eat” takes on new meaning if one eats ghosts:
Will Bernardara, Jr., Spook on Rye: a Meta Ghost Story. When space invaders take over, some people adapt better than others: Catherine J. Link, Nothing To Be Afraid Of, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Vicente Riva Palacio shows how reincarnation can be an exceedingly convenient rationale for An Unequal Marriage — translation by Toshiya Kamei. |
| Flash Fiction |
Perilous is the publisher whose priority is punctuation: Channie Greenberg, Owmapow Rides Again. |
| Poetry |
Ed Blundell, Rites of Spring Jerome Malenfant, The Sirens |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Harris Coverley, Don’t Praise the Machine Donna Dallas, Midnight in the Garden of Words Alan Garfoot, A Creed of Peace |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Harris Coverley. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 808 does a dainty Dance Around the Donut. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Bounty Huntress 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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