The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1025
| News | This is the last regular issue of the fourth quarter — autumn or spring, according to your hemisphere — and of the year. Next week we’ll bring you the Editors’ Choices in the Fourth Quarterly Review and, on December 25, the 2023 Annual Review. We resume regular publication with issue 1026 on January 1, 2024. |
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| Novel |
Max Niemand goes to the scene of a second suicide, or is it a second murder? Max’s young employee, Joey, contacts a hotel detective, Conrad, who will be helpful when Max meets Mary O’Neill in her sumptuous suite. Gary Inbinder, The Girl on the Rush Street Bridge |
| Short Stories |
A literally perfect memory can be an advantage in one’s youth, but don’t forget to adjust appropriately when it begins to fade with age.
Jeffrey Greene, The King’s Memory New contributor P. Fern Phillips introduces a member of a pastor’s flock who worships in her own way The God of Chickens. Ming, a child in grade school, is very observant and creative. But his grades suffer because the purpose of education is to teach conformity. What is a loving parent to do? Huina Zheng, The Correct Way |
| Flash Fiction |
In a poor, backwoods area, honor is defended fiercely, because it’s all that the people really have.
Gary Clifton, Dancin’ the Chicken A live Christmas tree or an artificial one? How might the trees feel about it? Charles C. Cole, A Man and His Tree |
| Short Poetry |
Shola Balogun, Beauty Twice |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes P. Fern Phillips. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1025 contains an illustration of unsound eduction: “What are The Rules? Guess.” |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, God Light Channie Greenberg, Very Happy Ron Sanders, Redeye Flight 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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