The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1147
| Short Stories |
New contributor Barry Fields introduces a physician whose seemingly magical voice combined with an ancient sound chamber can heal otherwise hopeless cases. She meets opposition from special interests. Resonance, part 1; conclusion. In a future society, the governing artificial intelligence deems creativity dangerous. How can naturally born artists and storytellers communicate and make their living? Robert B. Marcus, Jr., To Dream of Pictures, part 1; conclusion New contributor Howard Marsee depicts a gentleman who trades in an unwanted memory of his own for a better model sold by someone else. Can he bring back the entrancing reality behind this new memory? The Memory Market. |
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| Flash Fiction |
In a patriarchal society, a woman can be an older sister, a wife, a daughter-in-law, and a mother. How can she be herself? Huina Zheng, The Answer Handed Down |
| Poetry |
Robin Helweg-Larsen, Cold Immortality New contributor David Hershhorn, Left to Our Own Devices |
| Short Poetry |
Oonah V. Joslin, Return, Ye ‘Birds of Heaven’ |
| Drama | New contributor Ashley Mangtani brings on stage the production of a film that is intended to depict real terror. But at what cost? Paper Winter |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Barry Fields, David Hershhorn, Ashley Mangtani and Howard Marsee. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1147 finds that it’s sometimes simplest to do a Net Search. |
| The Art Gallery |
Channie Greenberg, Obdurate John D. Connelley, Happy Crab Alison McBain, Toddler Times, 1147 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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