The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 749
| Novella |
A group forays into the strange city and encounters hostile robots. Maggi and Freyja take a break while Dora pieces together the remains of her conference. Ásgrímur Hartmannsson, Attack on an Evil God |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Rebecca Bennett introduces Melanie Crimshaw, who may have always had a future in her past according to
The Balderson Legacy, part 1;
part 2;
conclusion. New contributor Susan Savage Lee introduces Susana and her boyfriend, Lee. They are students at a boarding school that is posh but not without its horrors: The Illusion of Brilliance, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Chase and Greg are twins and are opposites in some ways. They have a connection reminiscent of the Corsican Brothers’. Chase forgets that such a connection works both ways: Charles C. Cole, Mirror Twins. |
| Poetry | Robin Helweg-Larsen, Zombie Apocalypse |
| Short Poetry |
Michael D. Amitin, Silver-Wing Caddy |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Rebecca Bennett and Susan Savage Lee. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 749 keeps Clicking the Counter. |
| The Reading Room |
Alison McBain reviews Rachel Gibson, The Trouble With Valentine’s Day. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Brides of Dracula 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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