The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 843
| Novels |
We learn of Yegor’s parents and ancestors and their homeland. “But with childlike magnanimity, having loved not what’s better but what’s closer, Yegor loved and still loves to this day all this deep, bottom part of Rus’, her sadness and her wilderness.” Natan Dubovitsky, Near Zero
Chapter 6: Shest’
A Cygnian and an Earthling meet to discuss big plans for interstellar business. Bill Kowaleski, Creative Destruction
Chapter 2: The Sociologist and Keyshawn
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Steven Bissonnette brings Hank to a drive-up window for some fast food. But Hank feels the food and service are far from paradisical at Burger Heaven, part 1;
conclusion. New contributor Roger Ley introduces a coven of peaceable, long-lived witches who must preserve their anonymity by combining methods both Ancient and Modern. New contributor John R. Taylor has Geronimo T. Crispwalker take his tastes to absurd lengths: Side of the Almond, part 1; conclusion. |
| Poetry |
Jack D. Harvey, Schiller’s Skull New contributor Yuliia Vereta, The Dark Woods |
| Short Poetry |
Nancy D. Bonazzoli, Ache Gregg Dotoli, Smoky the Climate Changer |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Steven Bissonnette, Roger Ley, John R. Taylor and Yuliia Vereta. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 842 Response discusses The Last Word with Gary Clifton. |
| The Reading Room |
John Eric Ellison, Wind Cave excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Vertigo 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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