The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1091
| Novella | Katharyn agonizes over her “Uncle’s” image as the Nation’s “Guide.” Is he a soaring Eagle from the future or a beaten dog from the past? Why does he act like each by turns in public and then in private? Amita Basu, Mirror, part 5a; conclusion |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Olaf Baumann has a man confront a life of crushing boredom in an adventure that can be believed only as a “weather balloon.” Roswell: It Was My Fault, part 1; conclusion New contributor Floyd Largent creates an unusual form of time-expanded reincarnation for an accident victim: Forest Green, part 1; part 2; conclusion New contributor Adam Stone puts into practice an invention that allows the user to “take a mulligan,” i.e. to correct an action or scenario that has ended badly; just press the button and ReBoot. |
| Flash Fiction |
A character named Charlie is finally going to Oregon. He explains why it’s for the first time. Charles C. Cole, Connie, From Oregon |
| Prose Poetry |
Robert Witmer, I Got That New Retina Screen |
| Short Poetry |
Brenda Mox, Camouflage |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Olaf Baumann, Floyd Largent and Adam Stone. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1091 says that sometimes one has to Risk Change, hopefully for the better. |
| The Reading Room |
Susan Whiting Kemp, Sorry, Wrong Afterlife excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Tree Ogre Channie Greenberg, Goat 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.
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