The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1015
| Novel |
After meeting strange people at the Auntighur Auction House, Setet has survived an armored challenge to his return to the Verrin School. Master Tellrus congratulates Setet and treats his exhausted apprentice to a taste of Kolchoan Blue. Patrick Honovich, The Elusive Taste of Kolchoan Blue
Chapter 7: Roses in Winter, part 1;
part 2
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| Serial | What can we make of our timestream if the records of a film star’s career repeatedly change? Mazin Saleem, Murphy’s Lore, part 3; conclusion |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Asenath Grey introduces a set of body-snatching sisters who encounter conflicts in attempts to find Suitable Skin, part 1; conclusion, The Sirians are back! And Gerry’s friend Inkohatum has new perspectives to offer on love and evolution. Bill Kowaleski, Just a Minor Firmware Upgrade, part 1; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
“Simplest is best but seldom easiest.” Hup Belmont, a farmer, has realized that the key to achieving the best is in knowing how to listen and Whom to listen to.
Charles C. Cole, The Thing in the Apple Tree New contributor Michael Schulman introduces robots who are designed to take charge and programmed to serve. Service may include a Midnight Pickup. |
| Short Poetry |
Shauna Checkley, Mother Nature |
| Essay | New contributor Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar marshals some handy advice for Crafting Plot in Horror. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Asenath Grey, Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar and Michael Schulman. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1015 examines with interest the relationship of Form and Function. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Magic Gauntlet Channie Greenberg, Glory Ron Sanders, Cosmicity 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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