The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1096
| Serial | New contributor Joseph M. Isenberg introduces an Assistant Engineer in the Imperial Space Navy who has ambitions to higher rank, e.g. Vice-Admiral. The secret intelligence service has other ideas. And Reggie MacGuffin is not about to let anyone outrank him: Timmy Perkins and the Pussycat Extravaganza, part 1; part 2. |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor J. S. Apsley pens a lyrical longing for the far shore of inspiration and perception: The Shore at the End of the Black Lake. Crash Conway aspires to public renown by means of a video-recorded conflict with AI-equipped vending machines, also known as Extreme Armed-Threat Eliminator Robots. Ronin Fox, The Vending Machine Challenge The city of Machacago is locked down in a fit of hypersanitation. Entry and exit are strictly regulated, and baggage is limited. Armin wants out with a guitar and a cat. Harrison Kim, Leaving Machacago, part 1; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
Robby Lowell is a college student who finds inexpensive housing in the rental of a 200-year old farmhouse. The owner tells him, yes, the house is haunted, but in a way he may find suitable. Charles C. Cole, Modern Life in an Old Farmhouse New contributor Nicholas Viglietti takes a construction worker and his friends on a weekend in New Orleans to do a little Stompin’ Round Town. |
| Short Poetry |
Alexander Etheridge, Muse |
Memoirs |
New contributor Guillermo Bowie describes his writing career’s Poetic Influences. Ghost stories may be ordinary sometimes, but when they’re heard at a young age and in unusual circumstances, they can have an unforgettable, life-long influence. Richard Ong, Wings of Darkness |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Guillermo Bowie, Joseph M. Isenberg and Nicholas Viglietti. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1096 enjoys examining the significance in Tales of Yore. |
| The Art Gallery |
John Eric Ellison, Nailing the Last Breach Channie Greenberg, Emerging 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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