The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1103
| Short Stories |
New contributor Olaf Kroneman brings a surgeon and an attorney together in a case of malpractice. The suit will be decided by A Show of Hands, part 1; conclusion. New contributor John Reynolds introduces a robot who has been given a capacity for speech. Is it an advantage or is it AI: Artificial Incompetence, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Sally Stevens brings Leila Mae and Ivan into the house next door as Naomi’s new neighbors. One of the three will be hiding a mystery: Mrs. Billingsley and the New Neighbors, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
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| Flash Fiction |
Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony provides artistic and cultural clues that are personally important to composer Severo Mestre: Matias Travieso-Diaz, Hidden in Plain Sight. |
| Poetry | Gary Inbinder, Ishmael |
| Short Poetry |
Edward Ahern, De Maximus |
| Essay | Over the years, small and apparently trivial items may acquire uses and associations that are special to the objects’ owners. One might want to protect these things from the slightest damage. David Margolin, Tiny Fractures |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Olaf Kroneman and Sally Stevens. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1103 thinks it espies a moustache in this issue. Is it Toothbrush or Full Brush? |
| The Critics’ Corner |
Gary Inbinder explains The Rachel in “Ishmael.” |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Nanotech Builders Channie Greenberg, Jazzed 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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