The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 856
| Novels |
Yegor and several comrades discuss philosophy and theology, life and death, good and evil. They may be suspicious, even unsavory characters, but their conversation is worthy of students’ late-night sessions in a university dorm. Natan Dubovitsky, Near Zero
Chapter 19: Devyatnadtsat’
Dr. Landis, Keyshawn and Elka go undercover in Botswana to learn what a Cygnian has been selling to a local enterprise. Their mission suddenly becomes bigger than they expected. Bill Kowaleski, Creative Destruction
Chapter 15: In Gaborone
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| Serial | When anything can happen, we’re in for surprises. But what to make of universes where everything happens? Thomas Dylan Daniel, The Price of Bliss Eternal, part 3; conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Jeremiah Minihan introduces Barry Hadley, whose life is slowly going downhill. A curious old restaurant appears to offer something new: To Darkness and to Me. Would you like to have a computer that can remember anything and everything you want, anywhere, at any time? No, you wouldn’t: Gordon Sun, Repetitive Motion Injury. Ned and Stan are two young boys who discover a magical old pantry that fulfills their every need and wish. It has family ties and will take them far: Craig M. Workman, The Rusty Door, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Richard Fleming, Red Umbrella Marjorie Sadin, An Apology |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Richard Fleming and Jeremiah Minihan. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
A Review Editor submits a review of Lucy Ellman’s Ducks, Newburyport by the late, lamented Lambert Strether. If you’ve ever wondered why we’re called “Bewildering Stories,” now you know: Gary Inbinder, Sucks, Blueberryport. |
| Challenge | Challenge 856 discovers a new power source: Hamster Wheels! |
| The Art Gallery |
John Eric Ellison, Dance Studio, II 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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