Issue 1128

Readers’ Guide: What’s in Issue 1128

Short
Stories
Greg Bratone, The Hold Down, part 1; part 2; conclusion
Louis Scenti, Live Free or Die, part 1; part 2; conclusion
Matias Travieso-Diaz, The Finger Bowl
Huina Zheng, Waiting for the Leaves to Open
Flash
Fiction
Charles C. Cole, The Value of Land
Poetry Gary Beck, Once in the Bronx
Short
Poetry
Bill Bowler, Putting on Socks
Robert Witmer, The Green Man

Departments

Welcome Bewildering Stories welcomes...
Challenge Challenge 1128: Planned Obsolescence
The Art
Gallery
Richard Ong, A July Sun
Channie Greenberg, Dance
John D. Connelley, Gnomebody Home
Alison McBain, Toddler Times, 1128

A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art
NASA: Picture of the Day
Sky and Telescope, This Week’s Sky at a Glance

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