The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 932
| Novella | New contributor David Samuels introduces Moralt, an “infirmarian” in a medieval miitary hospital. His weary skepticism is jolted by the sight of a saint’s statue weeping blood. Is it a sign or deceit? Red He Wept, part 1. |
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| Serial | Young Billy Rossi excels at prestidigitation to the delight of his school friends, who are convinced he works magic. Billy knows better, of course, but he cannot account for a toy of his that responds to his questions with answers he knows the toy has not been given: Bill Prindle, Reply Hazy, Try Again., part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
Who would put their most secret thoughts on notes that anybody could read?
Shauna Checkley, The Truth Jar, part 1;
conclusion. A bad seed comes from a bad sower: L. Jordan James, The Devil Does His Best Work in the Dark, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Cynthia Robinson Young warns of what might happen if a trick of memory took its popular name literally: Earworm, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
A home gardener faces the prospect of tending grandchildren one day a week: Charles C. Cole, Foolish Destroyers of Comfort and Peace. |
| Poetry | Richard Stevenson, Yo, Dorothy |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Alexander Etheridge, Living Will |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Alexander Etheridge, David Samuels and Cynthia Robinson Young. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 932 exclaims incredulously Really Now! |
| The Reading Room |
Channie Greenberg, Owmapow Rides Again excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Ring of Fire 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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