The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1098
| Serial | New contributor G. Michael Smith raises an interesting question. We know that pigs are intelligent. What more do they need to achieve progress in art and technology? Viola shows us. The Rise of the Thinking Pig, part 1; part 2 |
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| Short Stories |
Bites may range in severity from barely noticeable to fatal. Roger Dennison gets one that’s even worse.
Jeffrey Greene, The Bite, part 1; part 2; conclusion New contributor Dylan Haversack depicts a small man from underground in a house that offers him diversion as a librarian and as a zoological specimen, My Life as a Mole, part 1; conclusion New contributor Frances Koziar depicts a worker facing a city silenced by a plague, but the sounds of two voices offer hope for What’s Left in the End. Tony claims that Gareth is an old friend of many years past. If so, what might they have shared? Martin Westlake, Hidden Forever |
| Flash Fiction |
Clowns are just what’s needed when a rodeo event turns into a full-fledged bullfight against no less than Lucifer. Gary Clifton, Bring on the Clowns |
| Poetry | David Harker, I Remember |
| Essay | New contributor Matt Lyman finds in immunology an image of How the Human Immune System Can Heal Our Democracy, part 1; conclusion. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Dylan Haversack, Frances Koziar, Matt Lyman and G. Michael Smith. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1098 supplies the Three-Day Count. |
| The Reading Room |
Douglas Young, Not Just Political excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Tree of Dreams Channie Greenberg, Like Seashells 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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