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The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 1100

Short
Stories
New contributor Robert Granader listens to seasonal employees who wonder where one can find happiness after working for a Summer in the Hamptons, part 1; conclusion.

New contributor J. G. Proctor introduces an Elf mage to a noble count in pursuit of The Bandits of White Bend, part 1; part 2; conclusion.

New contributor Linda Strange depicts a delicacy from the “old country.” Of course, it is Delicioso.

New contributor Jeffery Allen Tobin visits a house in which a mysterious text seems to write itself as The Journal at Withrow Lane, part 1; conclusion,

A heroic downfall is depicted in the finale of Gustav Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. Matias Travieso-Diaz, Symphony in A Minor
Flash
Fiction
Romance consists in what lovers do but, primarily, in how they feel. Charles C. Cole, To Tia
Poetry Oonah V Joslin, The First Sestina: No Rhyme, No Reason

Departments

Welcome Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Robert Granader, Linda Strange, and Jeffery Allen Tobin.
Challenge Challenge 1100 always enjoys a slice of The Real Thing.
The Art
Gallery
Richard Ong, Dark Light
Channie Greenberg, Anamnestic Sparkle

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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