The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 977
| Novel | Miranda rebels and discovers that Lucilla was actually the first victim in a chain of terror: David A. Riley, Lucilla, conclusion. |
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| Serial | Ofelia’s cab driver clues her in to an important secret about social climbing and petty politics: David Santiago, The Saboteur, part 3; conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
You’ve heard of the Orient Express. Its story seems to jinx an interstellar vessel with a somewhat similar name:
David Barber, Murder on the Orient. Can Dr. Owen Brownstone and publisher Sally Snark bask in mutual charm despite his book? Channie Greenberg, Owmapow Aims High. A colorful character and adapted plots conspire to twist a fairy tale: Ronald Larsen, Cinderella and the Sleeping Prince. New contributor Cynthia Lee Sheeler brings Ada to her mother’s home for a celebration about which the two have conflicting feelings: Coffee Day. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Gil Hoy shows why a father might feel sad upon seeing an elephant family At the Zoo. |
| Short Poetry |
Mike Acker, Mystique |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Gil Hoy and Cynthia Lee Sheeler. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 977 thinks it hears Analogical Messaging in the distance. |
| The Reading Room |
Douglas Young, Due South excerpt Joel McKay, Wolf at the Door excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Day in Night Channie Greenberg, Abridged 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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