The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 968
| Novel |
Miranda argues with Mary about the nature of Lucilla’s injuries. Meanwhile, Lucilla is in the right place at the right time when a violent drunk comes calling. David A. Riley, Lucilla, part 2 |
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| Novella |
In a fantastic medieval duchy beset by external threats and internal dissension, the Duke and his eldest son ride out on a secret mission from their army’s encampment. Only the son returns, barely alive enough to deliver a cryptic message. Alcuin Fromm, In the High Pass, part 1 |
| Short Stories |
Some medieval knights have fallen on hard times, but a strange visitor will grant one of them his fondest wish:
David Barber, What They Wished For. Omega Brown and his bodyguard, Hoonra, explore the ruins on a planet that is the source of a cosmic conflict. They soon find themselves trapped in a maze of dungeons deep underground: Tom Vaine, The Ballad of Omega Brown: Omega and the Mark of Doom, part 1; part 2; conclusion, |
| Flash Fiction |
A young man is puzzled but happy when lost items return to him in mysterious and incredible ways. The last item, a person, has good advice for him: Harrison Kim, How I Met Charmaine. |
| Poetry | Richard Magahiz, The Mothersong of Dame Polonia |
| Prose Poetry |
New contributor R. D. Ronstad breaks out a clarinet on a bus coming from from school and begins playing a song. The musical notes become visible and decorate the community with their magic in An Interlude on the Way Home. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes R. D. Ronstad. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 968 sees how one can get a Hand Up from a most unusual source. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Prometheus’ Anvil B. K. Mox, Peace of the Green Bong 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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