The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 924
| Novels |
Tom James settles in at Horseshoe Farm. He telephones Aunt Will and asks her about Patty. Curious about the homestead’s history, Tom stops by the local library, where Katie Winsome directs him to files on old-timey microfilm:
David Rogers, Seeing Buffalo, part 3;
part 4. After almost ten years, Dan Collins has grudgingly accepted his status as Undead. To mortals, especially his friends and family, he’s a dependable, regular guy. But Dan worries that others like him might not be good-natured and might not even be human. John Rossi, The Adventures of Dead Dan: The Old Religion, part 1. |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Stefan Andres recounts the sad story of Costanzo’s literally broken dreams in Sabenissimo’s Luxury Apartment — tr. Michael Wooff Are modern times confusing? Never fear; Kafka the Cat and Mr. Nemo can explain it all, from pronouns to rhinosceroses: Gary Inbinder, They Are a Cat. New contributor William Kitcher interviews one of the last remaining witnesses of the space aliens’ soft invasion: Interview Number 14, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Jennifer Walker shows how petty flights of temper can look quite silly sub specie æternitatis: Maude and Claire. |
| Short Poetry |
Edward Ahern, A Bad End |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes William Kitcher and Jennifer Walker. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 924 quotes a multiple personality: “We think, Therefore, They Am.” |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Blood Infusion 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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