The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 820
| Novel |
Virgil, Izzie and Riku discuss venturing into the mysterious land of Dust. Izzie is drawn to it, but Riku is reluctant. L. S. Popovich, Echoes From Dust
Chapter 42: Pilgrimage
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| Novella | The narrator and his friend Omar have finished their journey. They learn not only where they are but what they are: Jeffrey Greene, To the Berginlight Bridge, conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
In a remote, oil-rich area of the Middle East, a western couple take lodging in a delapidated old mansion. It is haunted. Repairs and a local exorcist provide some help, and an Indian monk offers some wisdom:
Mohan Pandey, Run After, Run Away, part 1;
conclusion. In a late-night student “bull session,” even a Philosophy major can begin to get strange ideas about the nature of reality: John B. Rosenman, When the Mad God Wakes. New contributor Adrian Slonaker shows that becoming a clown may include overcoming traumatic stress: Pop Goes the Phobia, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Belinda Brady shows how a well-meaning tourist can get into trouble unless she has a Capricorn in Her Corner. |
| Short Poetry |
Harris Coverley, Warm, Lazy Evening |
| Memoir | New contributor Martha von der Gathen recollects fond memories symbolized by bouquets of Purple Roses. |
| Interview | Bewildering Stories interviews John Thiel. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Belinda Brady and Adrian Slonaker. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 820 turns Lights On and Out. |
| The Art Gallery |
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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