The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 948
| Novel |
Ralph and Scooter stumble upon frighteningly oversized lizards and are hospitalized. Lynnie Lola is traumatized and never returns to high school. Doris becomes Harvest Dance Queen. Mr. Weaver catches Jim-Jam and Preenberry's academic “collaboration.” Snorkel is expelled. and Jim-Jam becomes Weaver's servant. A brilliant scientist takes an interest in Jim-Jam’s warfare project. Channie Greenberg, The Ill-Advised Adventures of Jim-Jam O’Neily
Chapter 8: Twinkly, Binky, Buckley Boo
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| Novella | Badger awakens Mani He for a trek through the mountains of New Hampshire. Tony remembers the origin of the name Mani He, and Moose helps him survive in the wilderness: Joseph Carrabis, Mani He, part 2. |
| Short Stories |
Daniel has held too many a cup of powerful drink in his left hand. Now that it’s gone, he must learn how to make do without it:
Jeffrey Greene, The Drinking Hand, part 1; part 2;
conclusion. New contributor A. E. Kerry introduces Isa, whose adult teeth’s late arrival provokes the ire of a legendary tooth-collector of Aruba: Tooth Fairy. |
| Flash Fiction |
Consider furniture innovations carefully. One innocent, relatively small change can cause an avalanche if it inspires a creative mind:
Charles C. Cole, The Chair That Brought Opportunity. What causes or cures “writer’s block”? All Ezra knows is that regular Saturday night windstorms assure his livelihood as an author. He must beware the unaccustomed calm: John D. Connelley, Stories in the Sand. |
| Short Poetry |
Emerson Gilmore, The Fox Hunt |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes A. E. Kerry. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 948 knows why skywriting doesn’t last. It’s also Wind Writing. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Chromatic Swirl 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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