The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 935
| Novella | Moralt goes to find who has purchased ruby sap for the statue’s tears. He first confronts a shady alchemist and then finds that his cousin Luthos has been asking the same questions: David Samuels, Red He Wept, part 4. |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Robert S. Dawson sends Paul and Jeremy on a long trek deep into the Blue Ridge Mountains. The two of them discover an abandoned and apparently haunted house. At least one of them thinks that’s what happens:
The Only Shelter, part 1;
conclusion. New contributor Audrey Greathouse brings a young couple in love to visit a sorceress in the middle of the night. Their sentimental wishes are interrupted by real life: Half an Hour Glass, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Mark Reasoner asks what a rural county judge is supposed to do when a space alien comes seeking political asylum and protection from pursuers: In Re: Crew of Spaceship ZPX47, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Aggressive behaviour can get an extremely cold shoulder: Marion J. May, The Perfect Gentleman. |
| Poetry | Richard Stevenson, Homo Sapiens III |
| Short Poetry |
Shauna Checkley, Serpentine |
| Memoir | Harrison attributes to Jimmy and Santeria his good fortune with tough men and supposedly enamored women. But then he begins to question whether his luck is real: Harrison Kim, A Cult of Two |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Robert S. Dawson, Audrey Greathouse and Mark Reasoner. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 935 figures that when the serpent Ouroboros bites its tail, it thinks it’s a Just Dessert. |
| The Art Gallery |
Channie Greenberg, Voguing With Federal Agents 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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