The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1084
| Novella | Rickard becomes acquainted with Amber at the Green Light Café. The next day, he drives out to visit her at her home outside of town. She has some information to confide that is startlingly relevant to his quest. Jeff Greene, The Naked Face, part 5; part 6 |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Tom Durwood depicts the success of a technically talented young baker in Jayani’s Big Gamble, part 1; conclusion. Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein must regretfully part company at a crucial moment in history. Michael Fowler, The Purloined Thesis New contributor Kirsti Mikoda introduces Henry Edgell, who has lost a young daughter in a freak accident. He now lives in a very old house in which something strange seems to have befallen a girl of about the same age: Little Girl Lost, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Janessa has a hot date with Dennis, but it has a condition: Love me, love my cats.
Shauna Checkley, Booty Call What if the best day of your life was just too good to be true? Who could know and tell you? David Whippman, The Best Day of Your Life |
| Short Poetry |
Alessandro Cusimano, Sheen |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Tom Durwood and Kirsti Mikoda. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1084 gambles by calculating both The Odds and the Evens. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Chimera Channie Greenberg, Energy 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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