The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 987
| Novels |
Private Detective Joe Avery’s office is overflowing with customers. He finds help in the unlikeliest places. Charles C. Cole, Joe Avery
Chapter 5: The Flower Girl, The Tree Man, and the Troll
The relationship of Mrs. Merwin and Hugo Van Dorn lends special urgency to Cassandra Van Dorn’s concern for her brother. Gary Inbinder, Phantom Point
Chapter 9: Mrs. Merwin
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| Novella | Helen’s father faces down the hostile Hedgers, and Big Phil does Helen a favor: Theresa Konwinski, Leaving Hedges, part 2.1; part 2.2. |
| Serial | New contributor Lev Raphael introduces Paul, a professor of English literature in Michigan. Paul is leading a study-abroad group and eerily finds himself Lost in London, part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
Two interesting-looking gentlemen move in next door. They might make nice friends. But intelligence agencies galore are watching them:
Arthur Davis, The Twins, part 1; conclusion. Clo is Neve’s sister-in-law and an extraordinary person. Her talents are such that she can even signal to Neve when her time is up, across two time zones: Edna C. Horning, The Startle Response, part 1; conclusion. New contributor K. A. Kenny introduces Kip, a convict who miraculously gets a Second Chance. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Larry Lefkowtiz shows that we may need but not want to know who left those footprints with Feet of Clay on a Rainy Day. |
| Poetry | LindaAnn LoSchiavo, Hallowe’en Window Painting |
Memoir |
When it comes to lives — previous, present or future — there’s nothing better than first-hand information: Ellen Weisberg, My Previous Life. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes K. A. Kenny, Larry Lefkowitz, and Lev Raphael. |
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| The Reading Room |
Rod Raglin, Forest excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Angels’ Keep 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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