The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 865
| Novels |
Yegor comes to visit Igor, whose opulence betrays personal loss and societal strains. Natan Dubovitsky, Near Zero
Chapter 28: Dvadtsat’ Vosem’
The Cygnians, a prey species, are reluctant to welcome carnivorous humans. A well-spoken Senator among the visitors manages to smooth the way, at least for a while. Bill Kowaleski, Creative Destruction
Chapter 24: Bourbonnais to the Rescue, part 1;
part 2
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| Novella | Logan faces down a huge serpent in the desert while his adversaries make plans: Arthur Davis, The Morland Basking Plain Chapter 2: The Slave Markets of Ultar, part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Matthew Tenwick maintains that laughter can have the last laugh on The Laughless. New contributor Gregory Thompson shows how lonely a life sentence can be, even when it’s time for Release: A Miner’s Sentence Ends, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Two children and their father confront the pain of a family break-up: Charles C. Cole, Will the Real Adult Please Stand Up? |
| Poetry | Karin S. Heigl, At the Bottom of the Soul Ocean |
| Short Poetry |
Meg Smith, Ocean of Shadows |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Matthew Tenwick and Gregory Thompson. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 865 decries sentences Unfitting the Crime. |
| The Art Gallery |
John Eric Ellison, Social Distancing Rave 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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