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Bewildering Stories

The Readers’ Guide

What’s in Issue 1159

Short
Stories
A coveted precious metal has a way of both escaping and coming back.
Steve Bates, Heavy Metal, part 1; conclusion

Two urban paramedics are accompanied by a priest who collects hearts sacrificed to the Fifth Sun. All must deal with conflicts of belief.
Quinten Dol, Who Owns Your Heart?. part 1; conclusion

A harmless custom runs afoul of an overly ambitious deputy sheriff, but love may prevail.
Douglas Young, A Very Long Night, part 1; part 2; conclusion
Flash
Fiction
Before falling hopelessly in love, please check the lady’s address.
Charles C. Cole, My New Girlfriend Is Different
Poetry Gary Beck, Another Chance

Departments

News Bewildering Stories has added a guideline concerning submissions by Artificial Intelligence. Please see our Contact page and “Organisms and Mechanisms,” on our Submissions page.
Classic
Reissue
John Dominic Crossan, God & Empire
review article by Don Webb
The Art
Gallery
Richard Ong, Spirit Energy
Channie Greenberg, Fish
John D. Connelley, Pot-Bellied Dragon

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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