The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 949
| Novel |
Jim-Jam's mama lizard eats eleven of her babies. Jim-Jam rehouses most of her remaining offspring on 4-Hers’ farms, where the reptiles guard herds and flocks.
After performing janitorial duties after a school dance, Jim-Jam returns to work on his missile-launching keychains and to fashioning hats for emotionally fractured Lynnie Lola. Channie Greenberg, The Ill-Advised Adventures of Jim-Jam O’Neily
Chapter 9: Uncommon Life Forms’ Toxicity
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| Novella | Anthony Morelli becomes Mani He in the natural world. A mountain lion becomes Mother; the Sun, Grandfather; the Moon, Grandmother; and a Lizard becomes Father: Joseph Carrabis, Mani He, part 3. |
| Short Stories |
In the shadowy realm of interplanetary smuggling, how can an ancient artefact authenticate itself?
David Barber, A Good Cover Story. New contributor Danielle R. Morrison introduces Quinn, a sprite from the realm of fae who has her own ideas about her role as guardian of a garden: The Cost of a Carnation, part 1; conclusion. Years after the fact, Johnny drifts back to his sordid hometown and the scene of a grisly murder: John W. Steele, The Nettle Man. |
| Flash Fiction |
Mama and her two boys are starving in Depression-era Kentucky, and they’re caught between old man Wilson, the grocer, and mean neighbors, the Baxters. Someone will have to do something: Gary Clifton, Necessity’s Burden. |
| Poetry | New contributor Odin Hartshorne Halvorson, Wolfman Blues |
| Short Poetry |
Mike Acker, Encroachment |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Odin Hartshorne Halvorson and Danielle R. Morrison. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 949 says that in some cases we get justice; in others, It’s Just Ice. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Fragments of Dreams 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
Readers’ reactions are always welcome.
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