The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1085
| News | This is the last regular issue of the astronomical northern winter, southern summer. Next week, we’ll bring you the Editors’ choices for the season in the First Quarterly Review. Regular publication is scheduled to continue on April 7, 2025. |
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| Novella | Rickard proceeds to join Amber at her home in the countryside. They expect Magda to appear. When she does, what new light will she shed upon Rickard’s wife, Julie? Jeffrey Greene, The Naked Face, part 7; conclusion |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Hannah Ascough depicts a group struggling with an addiction to stealing others’ sleep as a treatment for insomnia. The Sleep Stealers’ Support Group New contributor Christopher Ivey sets a family tragedy in a mansion ironically named Seaworthy, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Brent R. King shows how one might play a neighbor whose priority is control of the neighborhood. The Gnomes’ Conspiracy, part 1; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
Can policemen patrol a section of a city for years without becoming a part of it?
Gary Clifton, Night Shift One must beware of bosses like Leo, especially if one is young. David Margolin, How to Survive Mentoring |
| Poetry | Oonah V Joslin, Sssmaug About Ssscarves |
Departments
| Editorial | Don Webb, Site Security |
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| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Hannah Ascough, Christopher Ivey and Brent R. King. |
| The Reading Room |
Eric Webb, Prairie City, excerpt from Lost Gold Rush Towns of Sacramento |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Northern Lights at Yellowknife Channie Greenberg, Rose-Colored Panes 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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