The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 939
| Serial | Classic characters from Victorian times return to engage Elsse, a railroad construction planner, to save them from electricity: Valeriya Salt, The Guardian of Twin Oaks, part 3; conclusion. |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Jon Adcock introduces Jackson, a high-tech surveillance agent who must ultimately decide where his sympathies lie: Prayers to Broken Stone, part 1;
conclusion. Several vacationers come to a Caribbean island for hot sand, song and sex: John Haymaker, Papak’s Midwinter Kiss, part 1; conclusion. If you could choose your own exit scene, what would it be? Charles David Taylor, The End, Virtually, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Sometimes a “help wanted” ad works both ways: Edward Ahern, Bookends. |
| Poetry | David Barber, Hamlet Cast Adrift |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Jon Adcock. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 939 is ready to supply Dreams on Demand. |
| The Art Gallery |
John Eric Ellison, Mandy and the Megal 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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