The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 986
| Novel |
Roadhouse owner Gil Doyle confers with sinister Duke Placco about shadowing the new man in town and keeping tabs on Roxy. Gary Inbinder, Phantom Point
Chapter 8: Gil Doyle
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| Novella | New contributor Theresa Konwinski brings a big man to a cabin in the woods. Young Helen’s curiosity about the newcomer will require her Leaving Hedges, part 1. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Samuel R. Kaplan has a retired gentleman tell of pleasant walks near his home in Singapore. If he wants to return home at the right time, he had better watch his step: Promises and Portals. New contributor Natalia Liron introduces a man and woman who have the same mystical function, one that brings them together and yet may keep them apart at the same time: Death on Behalf, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor Rod Raglin pictures a young man who works hard for modest pay and takes care of the needs of his aged mother. His daily routine is interrupted by increasingly urgent Cryptic Messages, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Brad’s mom insisted that her family have a celebration rather than a funeral upon her demise. Mom did not know what she was in for: Charles C. Cole, A Party for Mom. |
| Poetry | David Barber, The Witch-Wife |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Samuel R. Kaplan, Theresa Konwinski, Natalia Liron and Rod Raglin. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 986 hears music played in A Stepping Time. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Fire and Ice 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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