The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 852
| Novels |
Stas Stasov, alias Ktitor, is a big-time criminal who lavishes his plunder on the Church. Natan Dubovitsky, Near Zero
Chapter 15: Pyatnadtsat’
Welton, Landis, McDermott and Guard-Robert agree to investigate the mysterious opening of an altverse tunnel in Botswana. Bill Kowaleski, Creative Destruction
Chapter 11: Detection and Decisions
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| Short Stories |
An ancient witch likes to spread disease sometimes with a rake, sometimes with a broom:
Edward Ahern, Pest Hag, part 1; conclusion. What can one barter for an indispensable shield with an antique dealer who needs nothing? R. C. Capasso, The Shield of Jamos. A career may make a vacation with children and even a husband something to look forward to: Maurice Humphrey, A Week at the Beach. |
| Flash Fiction |
Officers Peterson and Polski respond to a top priority call. They discover a little girl who has priorities of her own: Gary Clifton, Priority One. |
| Poetry | Oscar Vladislas de Lubicz-Milosz, The Landau Pulled Up in the Night —tr. Michael Wooff |
| Short Poetry |
Marjorie Sadin, The Wind Has No Home |
Memoir |
Learning a second language can be both useful and fun. It can even be beautiful: Cheryl Wood Ruggiero, Words to Bless the Day in Moshi. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Oscar Vladislas de Lubicz-Milosz. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
Bewildering Stories discusses Near Zero |
| Challenge | Challenge 852 finds A Whole in Two Parts. |
| The Art Gallery |
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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