The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 875
| Novels |
In Karagaly, Yegor meets Ratsov, an arms dealer in the endless wars of the Caucasus. After telephoning Igor to ask about Crybaby, Yegor turns to Strutsky. Natan Dubovitsky, Near Zero
Chapter 38: Tridtsat’ Vosem’
James Martin is summoned to a meeting of the recalcitrant energy investors. It does not go well. Bill Kowaleski, Creative Destruction
Chapter 34: A Conspiracy Fractures
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| Novella | Saul meets the new genius professor, Liesl. She invites him to dinner. Before he knows it, Saul is in over his head: J. H. Malone, Drunk on Time, part 3. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Mike Lee depicts a future with a semi-alternate past in which Dwyer and Mariah, the children of refugees, consider where their home really is: On the Balcony, part 1;
conclusion. An antiquarian is offered an ancient manuscript. When he comes to buy it, the bargain turns out to be something entirely different: John W. Steele, The Replicant, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Gillian Wills has Remi and Cesca move into a rental home. They soon find out why it’s rent-free: Uninvited. |
| Flash Fiction |
What happens to the people who live by a sea when it disappears? Jeremy N. Marks, Sturgeon Sea. |
| Poetry | LindaAnn LoSchiavo, The Son-In-Law From Hell |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Mike Lee and Gillian Wills. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 875 knows that some things go without saying, but some things are just plain Gone Without Saying. |
| The Art Gallery |
Channie Greenberg, Exhaling 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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