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The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 1102

Short
Stories
In a chapter out of an alternate history, Europe and the Near East are locked in a clash of empires.The major weapons are dirigibles and zeppelins. David Barber, The Last Voyage of the Nordstar. part 1; conclusion

New contributor Ewa Mazierska brings a strong reminder that, in the 20th century, we could actually talk to real people. What happens to humanity when electronics deprives us of our senses? The Left-Behind, part 1; conclusion

New contributor Evan Satinsky demonstrates that, in a mid-future society, even a controlled form of telepathy may give detectives an advantage in the interrogation of suspects. The Head-Hoppers Division

New contributor Richard Simonds recalls that Adam was driven out of the Garden of Eden but, by implication, Eve was left to remain there. Perhaps both the Creator and Satan were curious to see what might happen. Eve and the Well
Flash
Fiction
Brody and Dwayne may have some advice for anyone car-jacked by a gun-toter.. Charles C. Cole, Dwayne Hickens Is Sorry
Poetry Michael Lee Johnson, Steel Bars and a Single Sheet
Short
Poetry
Bill Bowler, On Belching

Departments

Welcome Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Ewa Mazierska, Evan Satinsky and Richard Simonds.
The Art
Gallery
Richard Ong, Lavender Sea
Channie Greenberg, Commute

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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