The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1148
| Short Stories |
In future warfare, both the living and the dead may be recruited to be brainwashed or mechanized. “Whose side are you on?” becomes a tricky question. For the living, some sparks of humanity may yet remain.
Jon Adcock, A Handful of Dust, part 1; conclusion New contributor Scott C. Scharlach brings Logan, an interstellar explorer, back to Earth with stories to tell about alien civilizations. Logan has had a big advantage as an explorer: he isn’t human. Logan’s Law, part 1; conclusion Are sins unforgiveable? A kindly professor reassures a troubled student that they needn’t be. Douglas Young, Something Else, part 1; conclusion |
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| Flash Fiction |
Farmer Webber dispatches a salesman who’s peddling a dubious product, but he does so in a manner that activates his purchase. Charles C. Cole, Farmer Webber Gets Company |
| Poetry |
New contributor Bruce Ducker, Henry on the Beach Michael Lee Johnson, Glorious Days, Cloudy Nights |
| Short Poetry |
Robin Helweg-Larsen, Planet Earth |
| Essay | New contributor Rosalind Kaplan recounts how a certain kind of sleep disorder can make a couple Dangerous Bedfellows. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Bruce Ducker, Rosalind Kaplan and Scott C. Scharlach. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1148 finds that the early issues of Bewildering Stories examined life and cultures on the Moon; but now, how do we go Beyond it, and do we want to? |
| The Art Gallery |
Channie Greenberg, Controversial John D. Connelley, The Device Alison McBain, Todder Times, 1148 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
Readers’ reactions are always welcome.
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