The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1128
| Short Stories |
New contributor Greg Bratone shows how one of the world’s best surfing beaches could offer a splendid lifestyle to athletes were it not for the human element. The Hold Down, part 1; part 2; conclusion New contributor Louis Scenti depicts a date arranged between Mike and Mary, and the date has unforeseen consequences. Live Free or Die, part 1; part 2; conclusion Eva leads a miserable life until she finally uses an old crone’s magic bowl, which proves invaluable in a way Eva may not expect. Matias Travieso-Diaz, The Finger Bowl What happens not only to children but to parents and teachers when only 40 percent of middle-school graduates qualify for high school? Under such pressure, how can one find life still worth living? Huina Zheng, Waiting for the Leaves to Open |
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| Flash Fiction |
A young man lacks emotional control until a representative of the late Chief Polin of the Wabanaki brings him a measure of calm and purpose. Charles C. Cole, The Value of Land |
| Poetry | Gary Beck, Once in the Bronx |
| Short Poetry |
Bill Bowler, Putting on Socks Robert Witmer, The Green Man |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Greg Bratone and Louis Scenti. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1128 recalls that some machines and gadgets have been built with Planned Obsolescence in mind. What happens to societies in which people are deemed obsolete? |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, A July Sun Channie Greenberg, Dance John D. Connelley, Gnomebody Home Alison McBain, Toddler Times, 1128 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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