The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1030
| Novels |
Max Niemand escorts Mary O’Neill to a suspicious rendezvous. He expects his disguise will give him an advantage in eavesdropping. Gary Inbinder, The Girl on the Rush Street Bridge
Chapter 19: Lights Out
Simon Digby has made and implemented extensive plans, but both he and, especially, Beatrice Belham are careless about keeping them secret. Steven Schechter, A Victorian Romance
Chapter 5: He Left Nothing Behind, part 1;
conclusion
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| Short Stories |
Don’t let your imagination run away with you. Reality may take you up on the offer.
Craig Donegan, Careful What You Say, part 1;
conclusion New contributor Val Votrin explores the trials that artists may experience from royal customers. Master Pohrobek, part 1; conclusion The peril of artificial intelligence is not its intelligence but intelligence’s natural instinct. L. B. Zinger, Driven by Autopilot, part 1; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
Especially at times when personal or social differences arouse distrust or even fear, it’s wise to remember what civilization requires and provides. Charles C. Cole, The Civilized Wildes |
| Poetry | Michael Barley, Fair City, I Have Left You... |
| Short Poetry |
Oonah V. Joslin, An Exorcise in Poetry |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Val Votrin. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1030 observes that some people are Unlike Alike. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, House in Worship Channie Greenberg, Overwhelmed Ron Sanders, Overlook 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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