The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 965
| Novella |
Clearly, Chelle’s proposal would have been best for all concerned. Nemo West, The Lost Wreck of the Spero
Chapter 7: Negotiation
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| Serial | Major Ross Weller is dispatched for a three-year tour of duty as the solitary “keeper” of an old space platform long abandoned by space aliens. He soon discovers there’s a lot more to it than anyone ever suspected: Maurice Humphrey, Out of the Darkness of Space, part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
The desert is a place of mysteries, the travellers agree; and appearances may be deceiving:
David Barber, Travellers to Isfahan. On an interstellar flight in frozen sleep, pairs of passengers waken periodically to ensure that the ship is in good condition. And to verify that it is on course: James Rumpel, Maintenance Break. |
| Flash Fiction |
Out on the interstellar space lanes, everybody can be a space alien: Charles C. Cole, Between Missions in Deep Space. |
| Poetry | B. K. Mox, Salamandric Phoenix |
| Short Poetry |
Gary Inbinder, Lemons |
Departments
| Challenge | Challenge 965 says it’s sometimes a choice of Think or Swim. |
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| The Reading Room |
Channie Greenberg, Granny Does It vol. 1 excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Tapestry 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
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