The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1022
| Novel |
In the big city, private detective Max Niemand sometimes has to get rough in order to wrest information from unsavory characters. But not far away, in the countryside, a farmer and his family have every interest in cooperating with him. Gary Inbinder, The Girl on the Rush Street Bridge |
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| Novella |
Boothe and his cohort have captured the Huntress and are aiming to attack the space station from which Lemm’s and Dallor’s father sent the warning message. But Lemm’s comrade in arms concocts an ingenious counterattack. Alcuin Fromm, Trust Me, part 5 |
| Short Stories |
Sometimes, an innocent or even apparently aimless hobby might suddenly shed light on what a lonely person might need in real life.
Shauna Checkley, The Miniaturist, part 1; conclusion New contributor James Machell shows why androids might be glad to be machines whether or not they have a Portal to the Soul. New contributor M.E. Proctor introduces a smuggler who knows little about the history of the abbot of Willowmore. |
| Flash Fiction |
An android space captain revives Turquoise Mandalay, a sole surviving space traveler who might serve as a new Eve for a depopulated Earth. Charles C. Cole, A Renascence Without Distress |
| Poetry | Sultana Raza, Cosmic Memories |
| Classic Reissue |
Veteran contributor Sue Parman sends the sad news that Bertil Falk, a contributor and Review Editor of many years, died on October 14. We thank Sue and fondly remember Bertil with a poem befitting his passing. |
| In memoriam Bertil Falk (1933-2023), Graveside, with Robert Frost |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes James Machell and M.E. Proctor. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1022 says that if we’re going to have artificial intelligence, we’ll really need Artificial Wisdom. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Phantomanor Channie Greenberg, Emerging Sultana Raza, Twisting Cosmic Memories Ron Sanders, Prominence 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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