The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 956
| Novel |
Mom loses sleep and drinks much too much coffee while trying to figure out how to keep her child out of prison. She wonders if she can reframe some of his actions as those of a socially altruistic adolescent. Meanwhile, Mom and her team try to forestall a government search for fissionables suitable for bombs. Lima Quinn is infuriated by Jim-Jam's electronic counterattacks. She's never faced a foe like him. Ralph is disgruntled with social promotion and tells his classmates he plans to join the army. Channie Greenberg, The Ill-Advised Adventures of Jim-Jam O’Neily
Chapter 16: Acacias, Myrtle, Oleaster and Cypress
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| Serial | Raille is faced with an attack and betrayal. He’s offered what seems to be an easy way out: Alcuin Fromm, To Die Like a Man, part 3; conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
A mysterious spider provides entry into unknown lands of the mind:
Jeffrey Greene, Mr. Maphead, part 1;
part 2;
conclusion. William Fitch, a writer living alone in the hills of Arizona, is approached by a space alien who is fast-talking and strong-tentacled. It makes William an offer he can’t refuse: Bill Kowaleski, The Prime Minister. |
| Flash Fiction |
How might a couple react to each other decades after being socially incompatible in high school? Charles C. Cole, Nerd King and Prom Queen. |
| Poetry | Farideh Hassanzadeh-Mostafavi, That Dark Side of the Cities |
Departments
| Challenge | Challenge 956 decides that where it finds gaps, it will seek a Gapsbridge. |
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| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Space Battleship 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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