The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 813
| News | This is the last regular issue of the spring or fall, according to your hemisphere. Next week, we will bring you the Editors’ Choices in the Second Quarterly Review of 2019. |
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| Novel |
Izzalia and Virgil talk past each other in a tense encounter. Izzie meets an imp, Gotenba, who introduces Omi, her personal “god.” Izzie grasps a relic and, unbeknownst to her, her beast form goes on a rampage. L. S. Popovich, Echoes From Dust |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Jeffrey Greene introduces young Lloyd Harris to the mysterious Mr. Kitchens. They share a fascination with entomology and an admiration for the special perception of The Regal Darner, part 1;
conclusion. New contributor Natisha Parsons proves a BwS motto: “There is no story so truly Bewildering as reality.” And that includes a story about a ghost named Spooky. New contributor Fumiki Takahashi foresees that antibiotic-resistant bacteria are bad To the Last Drop — tr. Toshiya Kamei |
| Flash Fiction |
Our two flash fiction stories show how strangers may become friends, even friends who never meet. Gary Clifton, When We Needed You Charles C. Cole, A Prisoner of Habit |
| Short Poetry |
Ken Poyner, New Planet Landscape 39 Meg Smith, The Moss Bridge |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Jeffrey Greene, Natisha Parsons and Fumiki Takahashi. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 813 cites a commendation beginning with: You Were There.... |
| Letters | A contributor sends An Author’s Note. |
| The Reading Room |
KJ Hannah Greenberg, Whistling for Salvation excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, The Coal-Fired Beast 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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