The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1122
| Short Stories |
New contributor Christopher Giangiordano introduces a small but deadly knife that can recruit a dog as well as desperate humans to fulfill its self-appointed mission. Rounded With a Knife, part 1; conclusion A taxpayer experiences a common feeling despite his uncommon line of work. Ronald Larsen, The Tax Collector and the Knight New contributor Steven Ross has a new computer program meet the outside world. System Exit N New contributor Kai Toh brings two First Nation members to the rescue of a latter-day missionary who inadvertently risks recalling a detrimental institution in Canadian history. Brothers in Arms. part 1; part 2; conclusion In the Russian far north, a spirit of the tundra awaits the choices made by both reindeer and people. Shall one follow the herd or decide for oneself how to live and die? Val Votrin, Rubizhne, part 1; conclusion |
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| Short Poetry |
New contributor Martin Elster, Axis Denied |
Memoir |
A writers’ retreat may seem like a good idea and the participants attractive... at first. Charles C. Cole, A Home-Made Writers’ Retreat |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Martin Elster, Christopher Giangiordano and Kai Toh. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1122 observes that, when one is faced with an ultimate decision, it may be better to Go Your Own Way rather than follow the way of the “herd.” |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Glacial Abyss Channie Greenberg, Brambles and Ivy John D. Connelley, Danse des orbes Alison McBain, Toddler Times, 1122 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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