The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 962
| Novel |
Mr. and Mrs. Preenberry apply to adopt Lima. Lima’s mother, Barbra, admits herself to a closed ward and forgets about her troublesome life. Lima despairs at losing Barbra but enjoys Mrs. Preenberry’s atattentions. On nearby farms, the youngest 4Hers are planning an uprising against their punishment for babysitting O'Neily's lizards. Jim-Jam is excused from house arrest to take Doris to the senior class's final dance. Channie Greenberg, The Ill-Advised Adventures of Jim-Jam O’Neily
Chapter 22: Social Unrest and Other Adolescent Hobbies
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| Novella |
Triss forgets to carry protection against devolved lizards in the Toboso Marsh but insists on continuing Sam’s quest despite suffering a serious injury:
Nemo West, The Lost Wreck of the Spero
Chapter 4: Celomander
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| Short Stories |
Category Four cemeteries mount strict defenses against grave robbers, and Category Five is really tough:
Kjetil Jansen, A Category Five Cemetery, part 1; conclusion. When programming a noetic android to display human emotions, avoid clichés: Larry L. Richardson, Felicity 1.0, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Short Poetry |
Julie Brandon, But What Results? Richard Magahiz, Like the One |
Departments
| Challenge | Challenge 962 reasons that A Post Hoc Is a Proper Hoc. |
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| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Aurora Crystal John Eric Ellison, Exoplanet Security Patrol 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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