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The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 1143

Short
Stories
New contributor Dave Clark opens the door of needed fortunate chance to a couple when Hugo Hears From Julie.

New contributor Matt Cowell explores a scientist’s disappearance in Alphonse’s Scrapbook, part 1; part 2; conclusion.

Is Phobos a moon of Mars or a captured asteroid? The legal definition may determine whether a scheming oligarch shall be King of the Solar System. Jeff Gaba, Choice of Law, part 1; conclusion

When a film critic finally discovers and views the lost film Stigmata, he’s perplexed: does it depict a sinister reality or an equally dark fiction? Jeffrey Greene, The Lost Film Stigmata, part 1; part 2; conclusion
Flash
Fiction
Be careful when writing alternate-universe fiction lest the inhabitants come visiting and wish to lodge a complaint. Humphrey Price, The Day I Saved Our Universe
Poetry Ljubo Popovich, Nostalgic Scenes

Departments

Welcome Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Dave Clark and Matt Cowell.
The Reading
Room
Channie Greenberg, The Lion’s Share of Ourselves   excerpt
The Art
Gallery
Richard Ong, Eerier Moon
John D. Connelley, What Is AI, Really?
Alison McBain, Toddler Times, 1143

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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