The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 944
| Novel |
Raymond Charles High School’s gym teacher and the school’s Social Sciences teacher, Emanuel Atkins, make Jim-Jam’s life miserable. Meanwhile, Jim-Jam schemes to import a pregnant Komodo dragon. Channie Greenberg, The Ill-Advised Adventures of Jim-Jam O’Neily |
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| Novella |
Princess Elena recounts the pain of her father’s tyranny and the dire consequences of her love for Andreas:
Christopher DeRosa, The Nadir of the Labyrinth
Part 5: The Princess’ Tale.
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| Short Stories |
Marie lives several lives at once, sometimes to her reward, sometimes to her consternation:
Kjetil Jansen, The Hakkapirelli Life, part 1;
part 2;
conclusion.
New contributor David Newkirk shows how analyzing space aliens after first contact can be hard work: Test 7, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Can a couple’s old friendship be renewed? The two carefully avoid presumption: Charles C. Cole, Non-reunification. |
| Poetry | Mike Acker, Illusions |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes David Newkirk. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 944 finds images of life in Bread and Water. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Alone 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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