The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 796
| Serial |
Young Danny needs hospitalization. Health care is available but at an astronomical price. Danny’s mother, Sue, is left with unacceptable options. Gordon Sun, Right to Live. part 3; conclusion. |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Bethany Cardwell introduces an isolated young woman whose complex family tree has its roots under the sea: Emma and the Mermaid. Brian emerges from sleep fatigued but gains energy working on Carly Swift’s projects. He hardly needs a mysterious old book to explain the anomaly: Max Christopher, Succorbus, part 1; part 2, conclusion. Are you confused by modern financial shell games? There’s a strong-arm remedy for them. Or... wait... is it one? Paul Alex Gray Crypto-Boss. A long-separated couple is reminisce to the accompaniment of old songs: Patric Quinn For All We Know. |
| Flash Fiction |
Frank Seaton imposters his way into a job he enjoys. Can anyone pay him enough to do it? Noel Denvir, Happyland. |
| Poetry | Douglas Young, Do You Still Think of Me? |
| Short Poetry |
Channie Greenberg, Rubbernecking from Bus Stops Robin Helweg-Larsen, Mosquitoes |
Departments
| Editorial | Bewildering Stories asks, not so innocently: Politics? What Politics? |
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| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Bethany Cardwell. |
| Challenge | Challenge 796 says to wee winged things: Shoo, Fly. Fly! |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, The Fountain of Youth 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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