The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 805
| Novel |
Riku’s classmates spurn her as helpless in the trials by combat with various beasts. Indeed, Riku is going to be eaten unless she finds a defense of some sort. L. S. Popovich, Echoes From Dust |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Andrew Konicki introduces Crumb, who manages a delapidated — in fact, downright crummy — port-district hotel. It’s fairly quiet until things begin to happen At the Fifth Hour, part 1;
conclusion. New contributor Eric Neher raises a question: Who’s in charge here? Is it the witches’ coven next door or A New Familiar, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Sometimes gardens have plots that invite special plantings: Roy Dorman, Death by Daffodils. |
| Poetry | Ken Poyner, Building a Ready Workforce |
| Short Poetry |
Michael R. Burch, Escape James Robert Rudolph, How One Builds a Life |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Andrew Konicki and Eric Neher. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 805 says you can Pick Your Take. |
| The Art Gallery |
Special Feature: Notre-Dame de Paris 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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