The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1099
| Serial | In the end, Viola may have a chance to share her unique advantages that make art and technology possible. G. Michael Smith, The Rise of the Thinking Pig, part 3; conclusion |
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| Short Stories |
What happens when a good step parent becomes an official paid pawn of bureaucracy?
Max Christopher, Stepcheck From the waterfront to the spacefront, crime and conflict may change yet retain similarities. Jeff Gaba, On the Spacefront, part 1; part 2; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor J. S. O’Keefe shows why people who refrain from polite conversation may do so for a good reason. The Queen’s Death and the Silent Couple |
| Poetry | LindaAnn LoSchiavo, Good Ghost Karma |
| Essay | What makes for exemplary quality in ghost stories or supernatural tales? Jeffrey Greene, A Preference for “Green Tea”, part 1; conclusion |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes J. S. O’Keefe.. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1099 discovers that some things get A Free Ride on vessels sailing space or the sea. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, A Scarab in Amber Channie Greenberg, And Purple 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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