The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1083
| Novella | Rickard gets a room for the night in Clifford while awaiting automobile repairs. He meets an attractive waitress and the town’s mayor. Conversation turns to where Magda Sterns might have gone. She’s not only Rickard’s quarry, she’s robbed the local bank. Jeff Greene, The Naked Face, part 3; part 4 |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Krista Farmer introduces birds who vigorously discuss reservation times at a bath named Love and Peace of Mind. A widow is fascinated by an inexplicable resemblance and a very competitive ghost in a late medieval town in the Rif Mountains of Morocco. Jessica Knauss, Where To? part 1; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
Remote but humane contact may not be additional punishment for a reformed prisoner locked up “in the hole.”
Charles C. Cole, A Break from Solitary A worker in a dull desk and cubicle job dreams of escape to the bright open air. Douglas Young, Opening a New Window |
| Poetry |
Bill Bowler, Daily Duties New contributor Tom Lagasse, The All You Can Eat Buffet Is Closing |
| Short Poetry |
Liu, Hongping; Wintertime |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Krista Farmer and Tom Lagasse. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1083 finds that in some places it may be Salvage Season. |
| The Reading Room |
Eric Webb, Home to Fork: Victory Gardens in the Valley of Eden excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Martian Invader Channie Greenberg, More Reflections 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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