The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 829
| Novel |
Telos battles swarms of invading cynths. Izzalia has escaped and is undertaking a revolutionary operation at the top of the Fjord. Riku has decisions to make, and Remera has some explaining to do. L. S. Popovich, Echoes From Dust |
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| Short Stories |
When Ix finds it’s time to close a cycle in his life, where better to do it than at a remote temple in the long-lost home of his ancestors:
David Brookes, Follow the Sun Underground, part 1;
part 2;
conclusion. New contributor Silvia E. Hines shows how common courtesy is more than a social convention; it’s a philosophy: Science and Derision. When a diminutive baker and a hefty dragon attempt to retrieve a magic compass from a villain, they find that size can be both an advantage and a handicap: Susanne Thomas, Finding Direction, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Socorro Venegas recounts poor Candelaria’s quest to find her father in The Giant and the Moon — tr. Toshiya Kamei |
| Poetry | LindaAnn LoSchiavo, Poe and His Women |
| Short Poetry |
Oonah V. Joslin, Portrait of Rembrandt Purbasha Roy, Unexplored Poem |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Silvia Hines and Socorro Venegas. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 829 says watch out for sharps who appear to be Marking Cards. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Arboreal Nightmare 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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