The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1106
| Short Stories |
When a magic spell can be dispelled only by the one who cast it, appeals to reason may not be entirely sufficient when seeking relief.
Jared Buck, Let’s Be Reasonable, part 1; part 2; conclusion New contributor Kay Gordon-Shapiro introduces an uncle who seeks to interest his nephew, Chad, in the family business. However, Chad is a college student and very involved with his own projects. His new friends will make it unusually dfffcult to set about Bringing Chad Home, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Ollie Swasey puts a twist on an old story of underground entrapment in Newshawk’s Crawl, part 1; conclusion. |
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| Flash Fiction |
How old is the “Old West”? Sheriff Ben Talbot is the only one who can calm Sean Clancy when Sean gets upset or starts shooting while drunk. Arnold Hollander, The Sheriff of Western Gulch |
| Poetry | Channie Greenberg, Sanguine |
| Short Poetry |
Edward Ahern, In My Image Gary Beck, Last Stop |
Memoir |
When a fox is a symbol of the afterlife, its literal presence can be welcome at one’s figurative “last dance.” Ellen Weisberg, The Foxtrot: My Mother’s Last Dance, part 1; part 2; conclusion |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Kay Gordon-Shapiro and Ollie Swasey. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1106 finds that much of the fiction in this issue involves putting the Best Tools in the best hands. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Royal Crest 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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