The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1101
| Short Stories |
New contributor K. Ralph Bray depicts a culture clash between the “Sapiens,” who are hypermodern, and the “Thals,” who imagine themselves as Neanderthal throwbacks when The Future Is in the Past, part 1; conclusion. Emmy works hard on her Master’s degree thesis in the hope it will lead to a better life for her. It is already working a change of which she is unaware. Shauna Checkley, Life Turn at the Truck Stop, part 1; conclusion What is the afterlife? It is a literal realm of meaning. Eric Neher, Not This Tide, part 1; part 2; conclusion New contributor B. Marcus Walker portrays a figurative snapshot of the life of “colored people” at the time of President McKinley in Roadsong, 1901. |
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| Flash Fiction |
Detectives Ruby Washington and Jack Slattery investigate a violent murder. It ultimately involves two sisters and a man who have already been reported dead. Gary Clifton, Mama’s Girl |
| Poetry | New contributor Simon MacCulloch, The Last Judgment |
| Short Poetry |
Alison McBain, Grumbles |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes K. Ralph Bray, Simon MacCulloch and B. Marcus Walker. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1101 takes a look at history and thinks, And Then Again... |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Blood Parasite Channie Greenberg, Paper Cuts 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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