The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1014
| Novel |
Satet and his wagon driver find their pursuers hard to outrun. Patrick Honovich, The Elusive Taste of Kolchoan Blue
Chapter 6: Turn, Turn, Step, Stumble, Turn
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| Serial | New contributor Mazin Saleem introduces a computer coder who finds himself switching from one existence to another according to varying accounts of a film and television star’s career in Murphy’s Lore. part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
A seasonal change can be a magical moment.
Dan Belanger, Solstice Sunsets, part 1; conclusion What is the real effect of the drug Morté? One who knows says only that he wants to try it again. Ron Sanders, On the Other Side Do individual sardines have names? Maybe. But they’re normally swept up as food without regard to who they are. Robb White, Sardine Packing, part 1; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
Miss Olive receives Swain Clatchee to comfort her on her last night on earth.
Charles C. Cole, The Last Sitter In most countries, a daughter and a daughter-in-law may have quite distinct social roles. A “bride price” may mark the difference in some places. Huina Zheng, Marriage Barrier |
| Short Poetry |
Wesley D. Sims, Egret Ghost |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Mazin Saleem. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1014 maneuvers its telescope by Sweeping Up and Down. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Artemis at the Hunt Channie Greenberg, Glass House 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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