The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1094
| Short Stories |
New contributor Daniel Crépault depicts the consequences of a clandestine visit by “topsiders” to a colony built as a refuge in the deep ocean: Life and Death in the Abyss, part 1;
part 2; conclusion. New contributor Jahnavi Misra brings a former resident back to her jinn-haunted Home, Dark Home, part 1; conclusion. Space Pilot Kirn Elias must choose between official policy and the needs of “primitive” people of a distant planet. T. J. Young, Deus ex Machina, part 1; conclusion Teacher Chen tries her best to fulfill her role as a teacher of first-grade pupils, and it includes managing confrontations. Huina Zheng, Think About What You Did, part 1; conclusion |
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| Flash Fiction |
A child who feels neglected plans to take a forbidden stroll on a bridge over the Danube and wonders how her mother will react if her daughter is arrested. Channie Greenberg, Winging to Budapest |
| Poetry |
Oonah V Joslin, An Age in Steam Sultana Raza, Spectral Echoes |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Daniel Crépault and Jahnavi Misra. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1094 notes that among the languages in the warning notice on European trains, Italian is the one that leaves the choice up to you: È pericoloso sporgersi |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Time Bubble 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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