The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1138
| Short Stories |
New contributor Greg Hill brings Courtney, a weather reporter, home to her estranged parent and gives double meaning to The Meteorologist’s Makeup. New contributor Vaidhy Mahalingam makes a point: if something is dispossessed, it must first be possessed. Right? Dispossessions; part 1; part 2; conclusion |
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| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Hazel Pearson shows what a motivated apprentice can do When the Wizard Drinks. What might Heaven be like for 12-year old Tim? Matias Travieso-Diaz, Life in Heaven |
| Poetry |
Bill Bowler, Ten More Minutes Brenda Mox, Veil of Years |
| Short Poetry |
Edward Ahern, Standing Watch |
| Essay | We have a question that applies more to audiences of art and literature than to artists and authors. Douglas Young, Should We Separate the Artist from the Man? |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Greg Hill and Vaidhy Mahalingam. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1138 observes that different stories imply different questions, such as: Is Time Up or Out? |
| Book Review |
Edward Ahern reviews Dearta Logu Fusaro’s The Illyrian Way |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Aurora Island Channie Greenberg, Brogan John D. Connelley, Double-Bugle Mushroom Alison McBain, Toddler Times, 1138 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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