The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1124
| Short Stories |
In winter, automobiles may find black ice on roads extremely dangerous. At any time, a comfortable relationship may take an unexpected bad turn. Proceed with care. Shauna Checkley, Turning on Black Ice In an interstellar future, humanity has emigrated from Earth to other worlds. The androids left behind have a surprising but natural human quality: curiosity. Charles C. Cole, Cosmic Breakup, part 1; conclusion Reincarnation has long been an alluring concept. In a future life, as what or whom would you return? And how, exactly? And why? L. S. Popovich, Over the Waters of Lethe Astronomers have recently noticed interstellar objects of peculiar shapes flying through the Solar System. What if they’re trying to tell us something? How might they ensure successful communication? Mark Reasoner, What More Do They Want? New contributor Cody Walzel shows how, in a postmodern feudalistic society, the oligarchic class might exploit the impoverished citizenry for their Gut Worms, part 1; conclusion. |
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| Poetry | Bill Bowler, No One Seems Alarmed |
| Short Poetry |
Michael Murry, Endings and Conclusions |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Cody Walzel. |
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| The Reading Room |
KJ Hannah Greenberg, Do Not Compete With Evil Doers excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Casa Loma John D. Connelley, Brainwalk Alison McBain, Toddler Times, 1124 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:
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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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