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The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 381

Novel Detective Charles O’Leary investigates a terrorist attack on a Web server. Bombs will be the least of his worries:
Karlos Allen, Rusted Chrome
Novella Flea and Floater gamble in the park. Honey is annoyed by her boss’s unwanted attention:
Bill Bowler, High School Honey
Serial New contributor Graham Debenham introduces Nigel Compton, who is quite dissatisfied with the way his life has turned out. Unlike most people, he has a chance to do something about it. He’s in for a shock: Past Imperfect, part 1; part 2; part 3.
Short
Stories
When the crew of an interstellar generation ship slumps into apathy, what takes the place of true emotion? Phillip Donnelly, The Mission, part 1; conclusion.

A Soviet equivalent of Hogan’s Heroes or F Troop develops potato-peeling into an art form in what they suspect is Siberia. But their mission is not entirely pointless; somebody Out There seems to like them: Ásgrímur Hartmannsson, Lost Patrol, part 1; conclusion.

In a time of extremes and catastrophes, an eccentric old astronomer may embody lost dreams: Thomas Lee Joseph Smith, The Orange Professor.

New contributor Derek I. Webster introduces Raymond, who would like to take a good look at himself. Now, if he could only get himself to pay attention... Raymond Too.
Flash
Fiction
Why read science fiction, anyway? Michael D. Brooks, Space Stuff.

What wakes you up in the night may not be what you thought it was. On the other hand, it may be... Crystalwizard, All Through the Night.
Poetry Arnold Hollander, In Hiding
Michael Lee Johnson, Rod-Stroked Survival, with a Deadly Hammer
Short
Poetry
Harry Lang, Walking Wounded

Departments

Welcome Bewildering Stories welcomes Graham Debenham and Derek I. Webster.
The Critics’
Corner
Karlos Allen and Bill Bowler, Literary Influences in “Rusted Chrome”
Bill Bowler and Harry Lang, A Perspective from the Past
Challenge Challenge Responses:
Challenge 375: Tantra Bensko, On the Unexplainable
Challenge 380: Oonah V. Joslin, Industrial Poems

Challenge 381: Generation Bored
Letters Aidan Lucid, From Dream to Reality
Jerry Wright, From Reality to Dream
The Art
Gallery
A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art
NASA: Picture of the Day
Earth Observatory Picture of the Day
Our Earth as Art

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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