The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 828
| Novel |
Riku visits Izzalia, and they discuss the future with despair and doubt. L. S. Popovich, Echoes From Dust
Chapter 52: Balance
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Wes Blalock shows graphically how “animal rights” may mean one thing to human beings but quite another to wild animals: Tears for Lucifer, part 1;
part 2;
conclusion. New contributor Miriam E. Neiberg introduces heroines who have broken with the pagan gods: From Hand to Hand. New contributor Jason Powell reveals the feelings of Hannah, who is torn between John and Junior: On Top of Everything, part 1; conclusion. New contributor James Rumpel depicts the plight of a kindly teacher caught in a merciless system of High-Stakes Testing, part 1; conclusion. |
| Poetry | Bill Bowler, He Gobbled Up the Minutes |
| Short Poetry |
Mike Acker, Ex |
| Memoir | New contributor Richard LeBlond notes that an odd custom and danger can interfere with fighting wildfires when it’s time for Tea with the Grizzlies. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Wes Blalock, Richard LeBlond, Miriam E. Neiberg, Jason Powell and James Rumpel. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 828 is reluctant to take certain Pass-Fail Tests. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Gladiatrix 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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