The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 752
| Novella |
Ex-priest Gordon Lormor operates an old curiosity shop of occult items. He sells an old robe and bones for a tidy sum. Now to send his hipster assistant AJ to the bank. Edward Ahern, The Witches’ Bane
Chapter 1: Playing the Mark
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| Serial | New contributor Loren W. Cooper introduces Sara, a lobbyist; Ben, an old man; Richard, a reporter; and Senator Burns. A serial killer is on the loose: His Other Face, part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Tom Crowley brings Dr. Karnik to Dr. Everston, a psychiatrist specializing in addiction therapy. Dr. Karnik’s options — drugs or suicide — are coldly logical. Can anyone convince him that
Death Diminishes, part 1;
part 2;
conclusion. New contributor Chelsea McGlynn gives extra meaning to “spell” with Juniper tying the Rest for a Spell retirement home into Knits and Knots. |
| Flash Fiction |
A falling fridge flattens feet; fame follows: Charles C. Cole, When I Knew Big Foot. |
| Poetry |
Michael Amitin, Boatman’s Elegy Dhruvi Modi, Guess Me |
| Short Poetry |
Gary Beck, The Chemistry of Things Oonah V. Joslin, King of the Moss |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Loren W. Cooper, Tom Crowley, and Chelsea McGlynn. |
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| The Critics’ Corner |
Bewildering Stories discusses Dramatizing Stories. |
| Challenge | Challenge 752 tells Dr. Freud that sometimes a cigar is Not Just a Cigar. |
| The Reading Room |
Alison McBain reviews Paul Beckman, Kiss Kiss. |
| The Art Gallery |
Crystalwizard, Chance Meeting 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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