The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 739
| Novella |
Krista confronts Carla with evidence of embezzlement at DBC Financial. Krista is well prepared but for one fatal error: she has neglected to call for backup. Morris J. Marshall, Volatility Cycles |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor John Brady depicts a moment in the life of a young clerk working in a large discount store. He and a child discover a vital strength in the Toys department. It is no toy, quite the contrary: Oh, the Things You Will See.... Two detectives find that, on the mean streets of Dallas, “one can never be too careful in choosing names”: Gary Clifton, Measure Twice, Cut Once. |
| Flash Fiction |
Would you take medication to alleviate stress if you had to forgo precognition?
Charles C. Cole, Remembering the Hyperopiac Man. New contributor L. L. Richardson shows that a new kind of “immigrant” may have A Reason to Worry. |
| Poetry |
Channie Greenberg, Jejune Opinions Michael Murry, Thank You for Your Servility |
| Short Poetry |
Gary Beck, Let There Be War Oonah V. Joslin, Before the Birds and Bees |
| Memoir | New contributor Dennis Wayne Smith, My Friend Bill, part 1; conclusion |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes John Brady and L. L. Richardson. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
Don Webb asks What Is a Story or Poem? |
| Challenge | Challenge 739 feels that some things are Better Shown Than Said. |
| The Art Gallery |
Denny Marshall, The Wizard and the Mask 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
Readers’ reactions are always welcome.
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