The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 899
| Serial | Lili is a very bright eighth-grader. She is studious and ambitious. Her home life is deplorable, and she makes an unwise choice of best friend at school. However, she may find some help in a little-known series of French novels and a medieval-looking book of spells: Bill Prindle, Her Favorite Demon, part 1; part 2. |
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| Short Stories |
A talking horse, a mechanical knight and a damsel in a dress. What could possibly go wrong?
David Barber, In Shining Armour, part 1;
conclusion. New contributor Sheila Kinsella shows why an adopted daughter might have a wise word of counsel about her Mormor’s Will. New contributor Peter D. McQuade brings to life the anxiety accompanying early aviation in The Flight of the Golden Plover. |
| Flash Fiction |
A cat’s life may be relatively short, but it can also be very full: Charles C. Cole, Chester and Boo. |
| Poetry | New contributor Yvonne Nguyen, Snowless Minefield |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Sheila Kinsella and Peter D. McQuade. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 899 sees a lot when taking The View From the Ground |
| The Art Gallery |
John Eric Ellison, Ladies of the Desert Motel 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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