The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1146
| Serial | Ian Brock has obligingly flown with his erratic and secretive friend Neal Grayson to the unexplored satellites of Uranus. Now Ian will learn how much he needs reliable friends out on the edge of the Solar System. C. H. Russellson, Gravity of the Moment, part 4; part 5; conclusion |
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| Short Stories |
Towards the end of a long life marked by loneliness, an old man finds places where he can enjoy the company of others like himself. Charles C. Cole, It Wasn’t Such a Bad Life Sutton — not his real name — realizes that armed robbers can’t plead self-defense. But what about involuntarily recruited hit men? Jeffrey Greene, The Tornado Watcher, part 1; part 2; conclusion New contributor Lenny Levine depicts a pop music band whose drummer’s style of conversation qualifies him quite fortuitously as The Non-Sequiturus Rex, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
An awkward young lawyer finds his proper place in law enforcement after he accidentally turns the Homicide Deptartment’s function upside down. Gary Clifton, Max in Combat Mode |
| Poetry | New contributor H. L. Dowless, What Is This? |
| Short Poetry |
Michael Lee Johnson, Wrinkles in Life |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes H. L Dowless and Lenny Levine. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1146 envisions the concept of Drumhead court-martial in literal terms. |
| The Art Gallery |
Channie Greenberg, Now! John D. Connelley, Guilty Alison McBain, Toddler Times, 1146 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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