The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1011
| Novels |
Joe Avery is hopelessly smitten with his half-rosebush secretary, Calendula. He turns to Cupid for help. Cupid’s response includes some sage advice for all occasions. Charles C. Cole, Joe Avery
Chapter 25: Cupid Is as Cupid Does
Satet submits a bid at the auction but, meanwhile, he and Sarah are being followed. Patrick Honovich, The Elusive Taste of Kolchoan Blue
Chapter 3: Quiet Offers, part 1;
part 2
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| Short Stories |
Some inexperienced minions of Satan have been enjoying fulfilling a contract with someone who wants only to achieve success — and to take the suckers for a ride.
Anthony Lukas, Deal with a Devil What to do when road-crossing conditions get out of hand? Organize! Rachel Lynn, Roadkill Revolt. part 1; conclusion “The show must go on,” according to an old saying. And a very old friend of the theatre sees that it does. David Rudd, Lithe Spirit |
| Flash Fiction |
Combat can create enemies within ranks. Gary Clifton, The Road to Bakhmut |
| Poetry | Andy Riverbed, Fingernails |
Departments
| Challenge | Challenge 1011 sees that war takes The Road Downhill. |
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| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Inhuman Anatomy Ron Sanders, Intro 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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