The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 993
| Novels |
Cupid is sad to see that his work sometimes doesn’t have a lasting effect. Joe Avery finds a way to encourage Cupid in his endeavors. Charles C. Cole, Joe Avery
Chapter 10: Joe Avery Meets Cupid
Max Niemand regains consciousness to find he is a captive of Duke Placco. What appears to be left of Max’s future looks quite grim. Gary Inbinder, Phantom Point
Chapter 15: By the Sea
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Doug M. Dawson introduces a fictional family in search of a worthy author: Virtual People, part 1;
conclusion. A malfunction in a spaceship’s hibernation system leads to a strange first contact: William Kitcher, The Man Who Loved Carolina Parakeets. We’re always sending objects and other effects into the future, but what if the future has its own ideas about what it wants? Martin Hill Ortiz, Receiving the Loyalty Glove. Clyde and Wilma have always been simple farmers, but space aliens can tempt them with an attractive offer: Phil Temples, Moving Up. |
| Flash Fiction |
Sergeant McCoy sees once again that in dealing with bad people, bad things can happen: Gary Clifton, Sweet Spot. |
| Poetry | New contributor Ron Sanders, I Saw You |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Doug M. Dawson and Ron Sanders. |
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| The Art Gallery |
Üzeyir Lokman Çaycı, Winged Crabs 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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