The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 1104

Short Stories	“Bugs” has a temperament suited to his employment. But it makes him all the more liable to encounter the truth in the saying that “What goes around, comes around.” Gary Clifton, Somewhere, Over the Landfill In an aging suburban neighborhood, old houses are gradually replaced by featureless cubes where the inhabitants are rarely glimpsed. The cubes represent more than an architectural style; they carry a warning. Jeffrey Greene, Cube-ism Is Not a Style, part 1; conclusion New contributor Nenad Pavlović introduces Gordo’s father, a meat marketer, who says prospective copyright purchasers will not be pleased to learn how his sausages are made. The Meats of Yesterday New contributor Kathleen W. Renk depicts Jane Eyre and Antoinette — alias Bertha — breaking with Charlotte Brontë’s Rochester in a move against colonialism and in favour of women’s liberation. Dear Reader, I Didn’t Marry Him, part 1; conclusion New contributor Vahid Zakeri shows that, in the heart of the vengeful, “bliss” is not what it’s commonly thought to be. The Eternal Bliss of Siaamaa, part 1; conclusion.
Flash Fiction	Magnus, a wizard whom Winston Donleavy accidentally brings to the present time from 17th-century colonial New England, has no magic to match that of today’s technology, but he can tell Winston exactly what today’s magic sorely lacks. Charles C. Cole, The Wizard of Lowell Road
Poetry	Channie Greenberg, The Soft Voice
Short Poetry	Edward Ahern, Blissful Squalor

Departments

Welcome	*Bewildering Stories* introduces and welcomes Nenad Pavlović, Kathleen W. Renk and Vahid Zakeri.
The Reading Room	Marco Melfi, Routine Maintenance reviewed by Alison McBain
The Art Gallery	Richard Ong, Nightmare Beast A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Previous NASA photos Earth Observatory Picture of the Day Our Earth as Art *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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