The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 886
| Short Stories |
An interstellar battleship needs different captains with special duties. After long years of war far from Earth, one of them may need to decide where home really is:
David Barber, A Hand of Captains. New contributor John D. Connelley brings an argumentative predator to the window of a young boy, leaving A Childhood Memory, part 1; conclusion. An accidental tragedy can color an entire life with unearned guilt: Silvia E. Hines, Sibling, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
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| Flash Fiction |
In a police raid, Supervisor Glen Chism finds that his agents give him both too much and too little:
Gary Clifton, Secondary Solutions. Sometimes, a relationship breakup can be taken a little too literally: Jeffrey Greene, Emphatically Yours. |
| Short Poetry |
James R. Rudolph, When the Music Stops Meg Smith, Imaginary Time |
Memoir |
Old friends are to be cherished, especially one that is very old indeed: Charles C. Cole, Speaking for a Friend. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes John D. Connelly. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 886 finds the top a difficult target. Sometimes one goes Over and Under the Top at the same time. |
| The Reading Room |
Bill Kowaleski, Brighter Than the Stars excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
John Eric Ellison, Social Distancing 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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