The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1134
| Serial | In Eden Square, a sturdy, long-lived tree has provided comfort to generations of townspeople. However, it has been hung four times with reminders from a tree in the original Eden, that good has evil as its counterpart. J. H. Zech, The Curse of Eden Square, part 1; part 2 |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Michael J. D’Alfonsi, depicts asteroid miners who know that, in space, nobody can hear them scream. But can nobody discern spaceship pilot Adelaide Jaxson’s plan for resistance? Nobody’s Home, part 1; part 2; conclusion Archeologists dig up the past in order to learn from it. But what should one do at a site that contains an ancient mage’s carefully figured tokens that inflict their encapsulated curses upon anyone who damages them? Mike Rogers, Digging Up Danger, part 1; conclusion In an old-time rural community, a convenient and flattering way may be found to revoke the driver’s license of a venerable old coot. Douglas Young, Getting Chauffeured |
| Flash Fiction |
A grandmother living in Australia discovers a delicacy reminiscent of one especially native to her home county in China. Changming Yuan, Mushroom Campaigns in Melbourne |
| Poetry |
Bill Bowler, First Thing This Morning Oonah V Joslin, To the Bone |
| Short Poetry |
Edward Ahern, Winter Feedings |
Memoir |
More than 50 years ago, popular music was somewhat different from today’s. So were some of society’s prejudices. Bill Kowaleski, Aqualung: a Memoir |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Michael J. D’Alfonsi. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1134 says the characters in a story are all important to varying degrees, but it’s essential to know who’s Directing the Show. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Close to the Crescent Moon Channie Greenberg, Nonreflexive John D. Connelley, Moon Flower Alison McBain, Toddler Times, 1134 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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