The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 893
| Novel |
Neil meets Jade again at the Den of Uniquity, again under green light. They continue to find each other kindred spirits and exchange intimate stories about the meaning of a “first kiss”: Jef Coburn, Jade
Chapter 2: Kiss and Tell.
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| Novella | Richard is in full form as a misanthropic copy editor, but he encounters stiff resistance from his colleagues and, indirectly, from a very strange look-alike: Brian Clark, That Other Guy, chapter 3; chapter 4. |
| Short Stories |
In a society where a magical mineral can provide sex change on demand, things can get out of hand very quickly:
Max Christopher, Though I Hold You While We’re Dancing. part 1;
conclusion. An artist composes a detailed sketch under what seems to be almost mystical inspiration. Great art? More like CCTV surveillance, and it’s big trouble for both the artist and a subject: Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian, The Mysterious Sketch, part 1; conclusion — tr. Michael Wooff. |
| Flash Fiction |
Charles Jenkins might as well be wearing bulls-eye targets. And his beloved wife, Linda, might have “gun-rights” tattooed somewhere on her. How can Charles survive this nearsighted, trigger-happy Pistol-Packin’ Mama? Sterling Warner, Fully Loaded. |
| Short Poetry |
Mike Acker, Window Ed Blundell, Void |
Departments
| Challenge | Challenge 893 says that when we turn the lights up, we may see what Lights Up. |
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| The Reading Room |
John Eric Ellison, Amaranthine excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Nick Pipitone, Psychedelic Woods 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
Readers’ reactions are always welcome.
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