The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 849
| Novels |
Yegor’s “chief,” Igor, has given Yegor a kind of playmate, Sara, as a present. The result is a glimpse into the cruel mentality of the underworld. Natan Dubovitsky, Near Zero
Chapter 12: Dvenadtsat’
Maria Schoenbrun doesn’t like to hear what others think might be good for her. Rather than decide for herself, she’ll shut them up. Bill Kowaleski, Creative Destruction
Chapter 8: Miles Steps In
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| Serial | New contributor Daniel Stride introduces Manfred, the son of a village shaman. Manfred wins a flute in a card game, but it makes no sound he can hear. And yet some mysterious beings can hear it, when he blows A Breath Through Silver, part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
In a frozen world where global warming has turned itself upside down, 16-year old Nate discovers dangerous technology from a previous age: Scott Coon, Enduring Winter, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Hattie Dove has Lucy cook up a savory-smelling stew for her crime-boss grandfather: Two Can Keep a Secret. |
| Poetry |
Wendy Holborow, Sponged Out |
| Short Poetry |
Oonah V. Joslin, New and Modern Poet James Robert Rudolph, To Glide Past |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Daniel Stride. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 849 notes that when diverse urgencies collide, they create Divurgencies. Challenge 849 Response says to ask not for whom the bell tolls but For Whom the Joke’s Told. |
| The Reading Room |
Ken Poyner, The Revenge of the House Hurlers excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, The War Fortress 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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