The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 950
| Novel |
Mom O’Neily visits the library, where she meets George and learns that Jim-Jam has been harboring dangerous beasts in her yard. She has them rounded up and imprisoned.. One lizard escapes, hut Mom takes shelter at Mrs. Preenberry’s house. Concurrently, George seeks reprisal for losing his brother in the hospital where George was working. Channie Greenberg, The Ill-Advised Adventures of Jim-Jam O’Neily
Chapter 10: Ugly, Greyish Things
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| Novellas |
Mani He’s “lessons” continue in encounters with Coyote, Hummingbird and the Standing People:
Joseph Carrabis, Mani He, part 4. New contributor Emil Draitser tells of Jewish refugees who have fled from Odessa to Tajikistan during WW2. At war’s end, a young boy leaves town, hoping to meet his father returning from the front: Salty Water, part 1. |
| Short Stories |
Terry’s compulsive solitary dancing distracts him from loneliness, but Ruth shows him how old styles can provide a consolation:
Shauna Checkley, Dancing Machine, part 1;
conclusion. An old man’s advertisement seeking a conversational partner offers much-needed cash to a young Economics instructor. It is also a plea for help: Morris J. Marshall, Extended Conversations. |
| Flash Fiction |
Why would a hitchhiker be wearing a disguise? Charles C. Cole, The Unexpected Passenger. |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Pawel Markiewicz, Infinite Reveries |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Emil Draitser and Pawel Markiewicz. |
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| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Golden Talisman 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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