The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 785
| Novel |
Lucy and Eartha enjoy old-fashioned sodas and discuss drug deals with kindly Mr. Hallahan. Toby Pelky talks spying with Mayor Brandt. Chief Schiavelli and Sgt. Cody move a desk. Charles C. Cole, Murder in New Eden
Chapter 24: At the Vintage Soda Fountain
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| Serial | New contributor Sacha Moore has teen-age Tabitha tolerate her mother’s love life until an unusual new man comes along: That Thing With Feathers, part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
Henry Paul Brannigan’s beloved Charlie is ancient, but he’s not too old to “do what dogs do” just when it’s most needed:
Gary Clifton, Family Sand, part 1;
conclusion. New contributor Matthew D. Saeman produces a “what is reality” show in a family whose motto seems to be: Dog Eat Dog. How can one satirize a literary genre that seems intent on satirizing itself? Bring the authors’ characters to life! Ronald Schulte, Creative Differences, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Poetry |
Matthew Harrison, Blockchain World New contributor Jerome Malenfant, A Platypus Once Said to Me |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Sacha Moore and Matthew D. Saeman. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 785 cautions: Now You See It, Don’t. |
| The Reading Room |
Subodhana Wijeyeratne, Tales From the Stone Lotus excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Liftoff AA 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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