The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 971
| Novel | Mary suspects — correctly — that Miranda is sheltering Lucilla and goes to investigate. Miranda begins to realize that associating with Lucilla incurs literally heavy burdens as well as responsibiilities. David A. Riley, Lucilla, part 5 |
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| Novella | Now that the head of the Ælliri family is missing and presumed killed, powerful personalities align themselves for a power struggle. Alcuin Fromm, In the High Pass, part 4 |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Pearce Hansen shows how Carmel and the spirit of her Tarot cards, Deck, can serve needy telephone callers as Psychic Friends, part 1;
conclusion. A declaration of love undying echoes down through the centuries: Katie-Rose Svich : I’ll See You on All Hallows, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
It was a dark and stormy night, and an unusually large winged thing was going bump in it. But Gavin, a lonely highway tollboth-keeper, was a kind soul and offered shelter to the spooky apparition... Charles C. Cole, Something to Write Home About? |
| Poetry | New contributor Thomas Fischer, The Witch’s Tower |
| Short Poetry |
B. K. Mox, Otherworldly Sleep Anna Ruiz, A-Trolling We Will Go |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Thomas Fischer. |
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| The Reading Room |
LindaAnn LoSchiavo and David Davies, Messengers of the Macabre excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Vampire Kiss 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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