Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes...

Maksym Popovych

Maksym is a war refugee from Ukraine and now works as a human-rights lawyer in London and Amsterdam. He finds that flash fiction is a good form for spotlighting war stories and human-rights abuses. In addition, he is interested in blending science fiction with the exploration of contemporary societal issues, such as anxieties about artificial intelligence.

“Whose Eyes Are These?” has a title that should direct the readers’ attention primarily to identifying the narrator. The title and certain careful word choices in the narrative should make the conclusion less of a shock than it might have been.

Does the story overstep Bewildering Stories’ “dead narrator” guideline? Why doesn’t it? And what does the narrator imply about the spiritual nature of consciousness?

Maksym Popovych’s bio sketch can be found here.

Welcome to Bewildering Stories, Maksym. We’re glad to have you with us.