The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 890
| Novella | Alec has not been able to come to terms with his father, Claire or Jennifer. Now they come back to haunt him in various ways: C. M. Barnes, Shadow Hour, part 3; part 4. |
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| Serial | Reggie receives a visitation from a supernal being who explains the roles of Mel and Samael and the difference between what is “scripted” and what is not: John W. Steele, The Force Within, conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
Truth is as truth does, and its effects tell the truth about those who define it:
David Barber, Island of the Fortunate. The ivy-covered ivory towers of academe may seem impenetrable at first. A brother and sister reveal that very real people live there: Channie Greenberg, Owmapow’s Sister. New contributor Mitchell Waldman introduces young Marty, who receives a warning from the past. Violence — wherever and whenever it occurs — it is liable to force a decision not only about one’s character but about one’s identity as well: Auschwitz Dreams. |
| Flash Fiction |
A rogue bus driver says, “This is my wilderness,” but wilderness stakes its own claims: Harrison Kim, A Tour in My Wilderness. |
| Poetry | Lana Bella, A Dead Man Who No Longer Cries |
| Short Poetry |
Ed Blundell, Over and Over Meg Smith, The Element of Gold |
Memoir |
Do our lives have meaning? If so, what is it? The question is not really ours to answer; it is held in larger hands: Douglas Young, Reflections on Retirement. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Mitchell Waldman. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 890 observes that literature often plumbs the depths but sometimes also comes up with The Depths of Plumbing. |
| The Reading Room |
Rick Kennett, The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
John Eric Ellison, Intimate Sky 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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