The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 979
| Novels |
Detective Joe Avery is approached by a genie hoping to recover his lost magic lamp. Success would not only crown a kindness, it might be good for business, too. Charles C. Cole, Joe Avery
Chapter 1: A Wishmaster’s Wish
Chicago Detective Max Niemand is recruited for an unusual case by an unusual Miss Cassandra Van Dorn. If Max is successful, he may earn some serious “jack,” i.e. money. Gary Inbinder, Phantom Point
Chapter 1: Chicago, July 1907, part 1;
part 2
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| Short Stories |
If India had reversed history and made Britain a colony, would British cuisine have become world-famous?
Amita Basu, The Revolutionaries. Big-city crime creeps out into the desolate plains of northern Texas. Little seems to have changed for Texas Rangers and their colleagues in law enforcement since the days of the Wild West: Gary Clifton, Due South of Nowhere, part 1; part 2; conclusion. As a parent and grandmother, Ramona tends to set an example for her son and his wife: Kjetil Jansen, Days of Paint and Roses. If a person snores loudly enough, he may get complaints from a proverbial source: Paul Revis, Problematic Dreams. |
| Flash Fiction |
A landlady begrudges Shauna a second pet cat. Where will it all end? Shauna Checkley, Shauna Had No Choice. |
| Poetry |
Harrison Kim, The Squirrel-Faced Man Sultana Raza, A Vulnerable Feast for Cameras |
Departments
| Challenge | Challenge 979 finds problems disconcerting when the solution seems to be To Put a Face on It. |
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| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Phantom Sleigh Channie Greenberg, Narrow 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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