The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 747
| Novella |
Goat Boy, freshly unpacked, takes up arms. Maggi is attacked by a possessed motorist and repairs the gun-runners’ car with a magic spell. Ásgrímur Hartmannsson, Attack on an Evil God |
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| Serial | New contributor Dan Rice reprises in a brief drama a dystopia somewhat like the one Sinclair Lewis envisaged in 1935. For young Gabe Anderson and Maggie Lopez, “it can happen here,” even though they are The Future of Our Prosperity, part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Dan Klefstad shows how illegally acquiring a commodity can lead to arm-twisting between dealer and client: Fiona’s Castle. A desperately desired pregnancy, expensive treatments, money running out... What’s left to hope for? Martin Westlake, Initial Resources, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
When layoffs come in hard times, how shall the laid-off be chosen? Charles C. Cole, Rules for Civil Disengagement. |
| Poetry | Edward Ahern, The Wake |
| Memoir | Ronald Linson, Ghost Lights |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Dan Klefstad and Dan Rice. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
Bewildering Stories discusses “Ghost Lights.” |
| Challenge | Challenge 747 cautions: Don’t Go There. |
| The Reading Room |
Gary Inbinder, The Man Upon the Stair excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Queen Titania 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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