The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1081
| Short Stories |
Some bosses might learn something if they had to work for themselves for a day or two.
Shauna Checkley, Made to Order New contributor Luke D. Evans introduces Cadovis, a professional prizefighter, who must resist many a spirit enemy in search of his parents. The Spirit of Roshall, part 1; part 2; conclusion New contributor Jeff Pepper shows what might happen when a senile spaceship captain hires a crew of arrogant incompetents. Spaceship of Fools, part 1; conclusion |
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| Flash Fiction |
Can a moribund language be resuscitated? Perhaps it depends on its prospective speakers’ attachment to it. Kevin McClung, Last Words |
| Poetry | Richard Magahiz, Hafez, the Atman Thief |
| Short Poetry |
Oonah V. Joslin, Here Live Your Life Out |
Memoir |
New contributor Leonard Henry Scott recounts what seems to have been a spiritual experience. The Ice Cream Lady |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Jeff Pepper and Leonard Henry Scott. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1081 finds that Drawing a Gun may be meant literally or figuratively. |
| The Reading Room |
Edward Ahern, As Noir As It Gets excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Dendrite Undergrowth Channie Greenberg, Deconstructed Stars 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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