The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 981
| Novels |
Private Detective Joe Avery meets a faery and goes with her to a city park to resolve a case of wing-theft. Charles C. Cole, Joe Avery
Chapter 2: A Private Eye for Magic Folk
Private Detective Max Niemand meets an attractive lady while taking the train to the city where he will work on the case to which he’s been assigned. Gary Inbinder, Phantom Point
Chapter 3: Santa Teresa, part 1;
part 2
|
|---|---|
| Serial | At the end, each of the card players draws his own conclusion about the meaning of the game: Toni Livakovic, Cards and Humanity, part 3; conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Gary Campanella depicts an extreme case of someone providing help when it’s desperately needed: Vee Signs. A magician goes to visit a former apprentice, a dragon, to request help in rescuing the magician’s sister: Karin S. Heigl, Tandar Visits Marantas, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Changming Yuan illustrates Bewildering Stories’ caution about stereotypes: “People are identified by who and what they are; they are characterized by what they do”: Converting. |
| Poetry | Sultana Raza, Blue and White Fragile Maze |
| Short Poetry |
LindaAnn LoSchiavo, Speculative Poeming |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Gary Campanella and Changming Yuan. |
|---|---|
| Challenge | Challenge 981 considers that, in composing fiction, writers often begin by Outlining the story. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Magic Realm John Eric Ellison, Harken to the Summons of Style 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.
Please write!
