The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 839
| Novel |
The Diamond restaurant has had a varied and shady history over the years. Yegor, a regular customer, meets Crybaby there, and she will prove to be for him a femme fatale. Natan Dubovitsky, Near Zero
Chapter 2: Dva
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| Novella | Sammy and Hen-ree strike up a friendship, and Sammy describes how her father schemes to get rich quick in the mining camps: Amber Ray, If Wishes Were Horses, part 3; part 4. |
| Short Stories |
The stolid, stoic faces of settlers in the Old West are a mask that conceal intense and sometimes fatal emotions:
Gary Clifton, Little Tina’s Ear, part 1;
conclusion. New contributor James Penha shows how forgiveness for a youthful transgression may be required in order to receive the Leaves of Peace, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Paul Revis introduces a curious fellow who does not take optimistic brand-naming at its word when it comes from Happy Farms. |
| Poetry | New contributor Emerson Gilmore, The Boxing Match |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Coleman Bomar, Robot Runs Depressed.exe Robin Helweg-Larsen, Windsor and Oakes, 1943 |
| Memoir | New contributor Montaha Hidefi depicts the cruelty that came from misplaced expectations on The Day I Hit Sulaiman. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Coleman Bomar, Montaha Hidefi, James Penha and Paul Revis. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 839 finds that justice may require some Hard Riding |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Reaching for the Light 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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