The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1109
| Short Stories |
New contributor Mike Cohen introduces high-school senior Marilyn Martin who has ambitions rather unlike her classmates’; she’s a natural-born actress In a Dropout Role, part 1; conclusion New contributor Kevin MacAlan, depicts Sophie Stree in a diner setting where scenes may be reduplicated for good or ill. Out There New contributor Charles Merkel brings to Tommy, a young draftee bound for Vietnam, a hospital nurse who will constitute An Anomaly in Time, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Jamey Toner shows that Neave, a musical composer, may find that Greenland poses dangers as well as inspiration to her creativity. Winter Synth, part 1; part 2; conclusion The most memorable lead roles in theatre are most often tragic, sometimes comic, seldom farcical. Matias Travieso-Diaz, Falstaff Redux |
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| Flash Fiction |
A parent hears her daughter complain of unfair treatment at school. Can she tell her, “It’s not you, it’s the system”? Dare she tell her? Huina Zheng, The Silence Between Lines |
| Short Poetry |
Liu, Hongping, Moonlit Reverie |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Mike Cohen, Kevin MacAlan, Charles Merkel and Jamey Toner |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1109 wonders where a child’s tracks may lead when the moon shines upon Footprints in the Snow. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Phantom Eyes Channie Greenberg, Oopsie Alison McBain, Toddler Times, 1109 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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