The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 972
| Novel | The police tell Miranda of an alarming number of heart-attack deaths at Lucilla’s former residence. The die is cast: Miranda must confront Lucilla and find out who — and what — she is: David A. Riley, Lucilla, part 6. |
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| Novella | A search party returns without the missing duke but with a message from a bandit chief to Pavill. The commoner’s insults ignite Pavill’s normal rage enough to take the family’s entire army into the woods in search of revenge. Doustian points out that the army’s mission is to defend the High Pass. but Pavill is determined to pursue the lure of the crude diversion: Alcuin Fromm, In the High Pass, part 5. |
| Short Stories |
Alfie, a boy of grade-school age, is haunted by a kind of flying troll with an odd name. The pest says he’s very old and needs help:
Philip J. Davies, John Babbershanks, part 1;
part 2;
conclusion. What might happen in a modern society if the principle of land ownership reverted to a regulated version of an old law, namely land tenure? Jeffrey Greene, The Second Occupation, part 1; part 2; conclusion. Elizabeth is an extremely busy business executive. She has an android look-alike take care of her young daughter. Elizabeth considers herself very fortunate... up to a point: Lisa Marie Hagerman, Robot Mommy. |
| Poetry | Michael Murry, Once Folly Starts |
| Short Poetry |
Edward Ahern, On Shore Anna Ruiz, A Bedtime Story |
Departments
| Discussion | Bewildering Stories discusses: Douglas Young, Hoping to Find a UFO. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 972 finds that at least one story provokes the question Who’s Whose? |
| The Reading Room |
Channie Greenberg, Granny Does It, vol. II: A Rhetoric of Identity excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Ghostly Hand at Burwick House B. K. Mox, Sublimations Unleashed 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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