The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 902
| Novel |
Carla Morhan’s “night companion,” Tom Hanauer, finds her somewhat enigmatic in responding to questions about her family. His initial contacts with her husband and daughter are even more inauspicious. Jeffrey Greene, The Night Companion
Chapter 3: The Hour of Obsession, part 1;
part 2
|
|---|---|
| Short Stories |
New contributor Timothy Singratsomboune has Niccolo and Sylvio take their love to new heights by using a dystopian virtual reality simulation that tests their virtues in The Penthouse, part 1;
conclusion. New contributor Lamont A. Turner introduces a private detective who knows more than he lets on about mysterious murders committed by Sleight of Hand, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
High-tech armor can be useful in combat until it differs in perception and opinion with its human operators:
Gary Clifton, As Meg Sees It. Eggplant’s mere presence may provoke strange reactions in those who have not acquired a taste for it: Bill Prindle, Three Ways of Looking at Eggplants. |
| Short Poetry |
LindaAnn LoSchiavo, The Faculty at Ghost Academy |
Memoir |
The literal cold of winter may return figuratively with time: Gary Inbinder, The Winter of My Discontent. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Timothy Singratsomboune. |
|---|---|
| Letter | A Good Word for The Two Pigeons |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Heathcliff and Cathy 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.
Please write!
