The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 879
| Novels |
Yegor suffers from his injuries, which repel the ones who have been near to him. Meanwhile, people he has known don’t fare much better. Natan Dubovitsky, Near Zero
Chapter 43: Sorok Tri
Maria sets out on the new path she has chosen for herself. Meanwhile, the fusion-power cabal finds itself forced to consider new strategies. Bill Kowaleski, Creative Destruction
Chapter 38: Moving On
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| Novella | Saul and Liesl do a lot of sightseeing together. Liesl says the space-time scanner does not create paradoxes but otherwise remains somewhat enigmatic about it: J. H. Malone, Drunk on Time, part 7. |
| Short Stories |
What if the Voodoo rite of eating someone’s hair made you a celebrity to everybody but yourself?
Harrison Kim, Good Hair Days. New contributor T. M. Morgan recounts reliving a disaster survivor’s experience: They Always Dreamed of Falling. New contributor Heather Pagano transmits Demeter’s song while the goddess hears The Song of the Harvesters, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Family-care robots may need retraining if they’re to serve as hotel employees: João Ventura, Welcome to Our Hotel. |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Jo-Ann Newton, History Books |
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Memoir |
Travelers often collect souvenirs on their way. In this case, a souvenir comes from the future: Charles C. Cole, Reading an Old Letter |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes T. M. Morgan, Jo-Ann Newton, and Heather Pagano. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 878 Response discusses Pronouns. |
| The Reading Room |
Ellis L. “Skip” Knox, Mad House excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, The Great War 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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