The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 855
| Novels |
Rebellious graphomaniacs thrive in an apartment janitor’s residence. One of them is building a bomb. Natan Dubovitsky, Near Zero
Chapter 18: Vosemnadsat’
Jason Wise prepares disguises and plans for a covert mission to Botswana. Bill Kowaleski, Creative Destruction
Chapter 14: African Plans
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| Serial | New contributor Thomas Dylan Daniel sets a team of scientists to work to prove the many-worlds theory: The Price of Bliss Eternal, part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
Peter Florio climbs the tallest buildings in the world and has many fans. He has a normal fear of falling, but a fatal fall may occur figuratively in the comfort of his room:
Jen Sexton-Riley, Whatever Happened to Spider Monkey? part 1;
conclusion. A hot temper may get a schoolboy what he wants, but at a price: Mike Sharlow, The Bus Stop. |
| Flash Fiction |
You never know who — or what — you may meet on a near-death experience:
Charles C. Cole, Collector’s Items. For children, everything is new. For adults, not so much: Richard Ong, Little Soul Mates. |
| Poetry | Nick Pipitone, Portia |
| Short Poetry |
Michael Wooff, Desire Has Laid Me Low |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Thomas Dylan Daniel. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 855 sees a hidden version of Lavoisier’s Transformation. |
| The Reading Room |
Edward Ahern, Crosswind Passage excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Channie Greenberg, Saturation 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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