The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1089
| Novella | The Stranger is revealed to be a secret, familiar side of the National Guide, and he demands of his niece what appears to be the opposite of adulation: Amita Basu, Mirror, part 3a; part 3b |
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| Short Stories |
An interstellar generation ship finally reaches its destination: wet, green worlds. Now it must resolve the problems it has accumulated in the history of its voyage:
David Barber, Planetfall, part 1; conclusion Little Lexi is lonely and disconsolate now that she is bereft of her best friend and playmate. The adults in her life are sympathetic, but they have problems of their own: Shauna Checkley, All Manner of Broken Things, part 1; conclusion New contributor Samuel H. Pillsbury introduces a hard-bitten businessman dependent on an instrument of life support. In search of repairs, he must finally deal with Customer Service. part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
In a flourishing fish market, a grocer’s thumb wages a secret battle with a shoplifter’s hand: Yuan, Changming, Fish Specialties |
| Poetry | Edward Ahern, A Good Talking-To |
| Short Poetry |
Robin Helweg-Larsen, In the Spring |
Memoir |
The physical — as opposed to virtual — existence of friendly letters may bring back fond memories to the touch: Richard Ong, Letters From the Past |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Samuel H. Pillsbury. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1089 finds that in counting the number of things that make up the world, Four Are a Good Start. |
| The Art Gallery |
Channie Greenberg, Folie à deux John D. Connelley, Death of the Four Elements 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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