The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1006
| Novels |
Joe Avery is a good counselor to faery and humanfolk alike, but some clients just have to learn the hard way. Charles C. Cole, Joe Avery
Chapter 20: The Song in the Heart of a Friend
Max Niemand readies for departure, but some important decisions remain. Gary Inbinder, Phantom Point |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer portrays in the style of Romanticism the spirit of Spain under the Napoleonic empire in The Kiss, part 1;
part 2;
conclusion. In the Wild West, the totemic remains of a wolf constitute a warning: Gary Clifton, The Lobolito. New contributor SL Kretschmer forges some fortune cookies for Miriam Mitchell, Peking Duck and Bela Lugosi. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Dione Precious Abwe Betika brings us an educational short story for children in Cameroon: Nkume the Goat. How can an “ordinary” mother be better for her children than a “great” mother? There’s really no secret to it; the answer is quite straightforward: Huina Zheng, An Ordinary Mother. |
| Poetry | Ron Sanders, Out of the Whirl |
| Short Poetry |
Shauna Checkley, O, Sylvan |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Gustavo A. Bécquer, SL Kretschmer and Dione Precious. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1006 is not really trying to Get Your Goat. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Clockwork Plant 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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