The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1007
| Novels |
Detective Joe Avery is actually taken for a ride by a flying carpet to the court of Lord Pentamerone, a nephew of the Elf King. Avery’s allegiance is desired. However, Joe is known for his common touch, and he has his own opinions about ambitious autocrats. Charles C. Cole, Joe Avery
Chapter 21: Joe Avery Goes for a Ride
Everybody is eager to engage Max Niemand, from a millionaire industrialist to a beauteous comrade-in-arms. But whom and what does Max actually need? He knows from experience exactly the right person to consult. Gary Inbinder, Phantom Point
Chapter 30: Los Angeles, part 1;
part 2
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| Short Stories |
Charlie Cole’s Joe Avery and Achim von Arnim’s Madame de Saverne are opposite in character, and they travel by utterly different means. However, they arrive at very similar conclusions about political power in the faery world and in the real world, respectively. New contributor Achim von Arnim, Madame de Saverne, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Rosalind Goldsmith goes out for some fresh air and a few errands but discovers that strange people can make simple activities perilous when one is Walking the Hood. New contributor Stephen Tillman brings together some isolated travelers in a clash that corrects and updates the traditional mythology about the powers of vampires: Dust Pile, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Sandra Unerman introduces Oldlily, a storyteller who demonstrates for ambitious young Meg the true nature of a Story Hoard. |
| Poetry | Alan P. Garfoot, The Way of Kay |
| Short Poetry |
Kevin Broccoli, Sweet Temper Bill Kowaleski, I Get It |
Interview |
Farideh Hassanzadeh interviews John Stocks. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Achim von Arnim, Rosalind Goldsmith, Stephen Tillman and Sandra Unerman. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1007 walks in Hoods Dark and Deep. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Levitation Lamp Ron Sanders, Masque 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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