The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1087
| Novella | Katharyn, a music student, examines her feelings about the culture of her country, which is recovering from defeat in war. Amita Basu, Mirror, part 1 |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Eric Dogini introduces Mister Grim, a spectre from the backwoods, who comes to discuss matters of life with a local resident. Cold Night, Colder Company New contributor Keith Kopnicki depicts an anti-matriarchal plot connived by a Mother’s Boy. Should a child be given memory-enhancement implants? The detriments must be weighed against the advantages. Demetrios Matsakis, Monday’s Shark After a severe rainstorm, young Glock is saved from drowning by a naiad. His rescue proves to be a mixed blessing. Matias Travieso-Diaz, Splashing in Puddles |
| Flash Fiction |
Low-Ball’s trial by judge hinges on a detail of fact. The moral, perhaps: Don’t let an excess of exactitude turn a play into a farce. Gary Clifton, The State vs. Low-Ball Smith |
| Poetry | Bill Bowler, Death Can Be So Inconvenient |
| Short Poetry |
Edward Ahern, An Unready Life |
Departments
| Challenge | Challenge 1087 finds that, in some stories, characters experience, face or are afflicted with End Times. |
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| The Reading Room |
Channie Greenberg, Real and Otherwise excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Blazing Cross 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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