The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 895
| News | This is fhe last regular issue of the first quarter — winter or summer, according to your hemisphere — of 2021. Next week, we’ll bring you the Editors’ Choices in the First Quarterly Review. |
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| Novel |
Neil shares his thoughts about Jade first with Brad and then with Carly. The results range from humor to... complications. Jef Coburn, Jade
Chapter 4: Timing is Everything
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| Novella | Richard and his double, Ricky, are on a collision course. Ricky, ever generous, has donated $5,000 to a local Food Bank. Misanthropic Richard finds the expense bad enough, now he has to deal with the gratitude: Brian Clark, That Other Guy, chapter 7. |
| Serial | Recent serial murders in Dallas might have been a one-off, but the Dead Bin crew — especially Davis McCoy and Maggs Wilson — find that old cases are leading them on a monster hunt across four states. Gary Clifton, Murder Me Sweetly, part 4; conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Paul G. Chamberlain finds coincidences in history that are rather strange. But what is a coincidence, really? The Long Hand of the I Ching. |
| Flash Fiction |
When dealing with demons, scheming and subterfuge may come in handy: Charles C. Cole, Janthyn the Desperate. |
| Poetry | James Robert Rudolph, A Clap Back at Old Age |
| Short Poetry |
Edward Ahern, Covid Largesse |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Paul G. Chamberlain. |
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| The Art Gallery |
John Eric Ellison, Cafe Melancholia 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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