The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 784
| Novel |
Sgt. Jeb Cody tells Lucy Nakamura and Chief Schiavelli he wants to settle down in New Eden. Dominic Delumbria tells Toby Pelkey he wants to start a revolution. Charles C. Cole, Murder in New Eden
Chapter 23: In the Water Treatment Plant
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Mia Brech introduces an ophthalmology patient who discovers The Price of Bright. Where is the best place a secret agent can take his pet cat when he goes on a mission? Heather J. Frederick, Where Paws Can’t Touch the Ground, part 1; conclusion. New contributor John I Leggett helps Henry find a way to get some color in his life. It’s simple: just have it Penciled In, part 1; conclusion. Paul is a musician who hears music in his mind. The more perfectly it’s played, the greater the cost to him: Alison McBain, Finale Fortissimo. |
| Poetry |
New contributor John P. Heavern, Conjurings Ljubo Popovich, Absinthe |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Mickey Kulp, Cultural Translation Meg Smith, In the Crows’ Dialect |
| Essay | New contributor John McBain, Danger, Will Robinson! |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Mia Brech, John P. Heavern, Mikey Kulp, John I Leggett, and John McBain. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 784 advises against using Invented Idioms. |
| The Reading Room |
Ken Poyner, The Book of Robot excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
John Eric Ellison, The Fiddler 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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