The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 894
| Novel |
Neil and Jade go to the movies. Jade reveals to Neil a secret that has been hiding in plain sight. Jef Coburn, Jade
Chapter 3: Show and Tell
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| Novella |
Richard is still his condescending self as a newspaper copy editor, but he is puzzled more and more by memory lapses and tales of Ricky, his mysterious look-alike. Brian Clark, That Other Guy, chapter 5; chapter 6. |
| Serial |
Three old friends — Davis McCoy, Maggs Williams and Red Harper — are exiles in the Dallas Police Department’s “dead bin,” where they research cold cases. Recent murders will send them far and wide in their archives and become very hot cases indeed. Gary Clifton, Murder Me Sweetly, part 1; part 2; part 3. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Drew Alexander Ross brings to life decrepit old statues who must solve a mystery in order to fulfill their duty and protect and redeem an old church: The Chalice and the Gargoyles, part 1;
part 2;
conclusion. What Edward Smiley does with his paranormal talent makes the difference between fame and infamy: João Ventura, The Bringer of Rain. |
| Flash Fiction |
When you look in a mirror, whom do you see? Whom might you see? Charles C. Cole, My House Call. |
| Essay | New contributor Valeriya Salt finds the significance of bones in art at Kutna Hora’s Ossuary Gallery: Memento Mori. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Drew Alexander Ross and Valeriya Salt. |
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| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Pirate Twins 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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