The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 938
| Serial | Elsse has come from Norway to England as a consulting engineer for the construction of a new electrified railway line. While driving to a meeting, Elsse encounters a car driven by a white rabbit, and her story takes a very dark turn: Valeriya Salt, The Guardian of Twin Oaks, part 1; part 2. |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Frank Cáceres depicts the gradual realization of an awful truth concealed by drinking and The Hangover. Jason Burt remembers seeing at age ten a sinister-looking man at an isolated lakeside house. Many years later, he sees the man again: Jeffrey Greene, The Lake House, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Cy Hill introduces Burt, who discovers why his acquaintance, Monte, suffered a fatal fall: The Lure, the Hook. Nemo and Kafka discuss common annoyances, and Nemo remembers a vital principle: Gary Inbinder, A Stained Carpet. |
| Flash Fiction |
Small-town governance finds a way to co-operate with Ward Boutilier, who happens to own a handy detour around road construction: Charles C. Cole, Northbound on Boutilier’s Way. |
| Poetry | Catherine Coundjeris, A Floating City |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Frank Cáceres and Cy Hill. |
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| The Art Gallery |
John Eric Ellison, Ocean Cafe 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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