The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1034
| Novel |
Max Niemand confers with a lifelong friend, one who has gone into managing offshore gambling. Peggy Rooney‘s demise seems to be connected to big movements afoot in city politics and organized crime. Gary Inbinder, The Girl on the Rush Street Bridge
Chapter 23: Max and Boss Mahoney
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Anthony F. Castriota depicts a private investigator who is hired to find a missing woman. He finds that sometimes people just want to be left alone. And sometimes, that’s a good idea. The Broad Divide, part 1;
conclusion Baron von Sickle is a town. It also seems to be an odd community in the natural world. Craig Donegan, The Day Baron von Sickle Disappeared, part 1; conclusion Is a fire-alarm installer liable for damages when apartment residents don’t pay their electricity bill? Or is that only part of the story? Charles C. Parsons, The Charred Body, part 1; part 2; conclusion New contributor Javier Pérez Rizo introduces Robi and Aydan, two dinosaurs who recover a long-lost childhood friendship. The Truest of Dinosaurs, part 1; part 2; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
Verbs have subjects and moods. Sometimes ambiguity can be advantageous. Charles C. Cole, They Come in Dreams |
| Poetry | David Barber, Lessons From History |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Anthony F. Castriota and Javier Pérez Rizo |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1034 urges, Come Back, No Joke |
| The Art Gallery |
Channie Greenberg, Rage Ron Sanders, Home Sweet Home 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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