The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1008
| Novels |
Joe plays a diplomatic role between the inhabitants of seashore and sea floor. If exotic mer-girls can restrain their charms and human teenagers can slow down their speedboats, humans and exotics may enjoy the summer neighborlily. Charles C. Cole, Joe Avery
Chapter 22: Joe Avery Returns to the Beach
Max Niemand’s success in the Phantom Point case has won him attractive offers in California. But Max has now come home to Chicago, and he remembers why it is home for him. Gary Inbinder, Phantom Point |
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| Short Stories |
When a relationship suddenly goes silent, one realizes what it has meant:
Shauna Checkley, The Mighty Sound of Nothing. New contributor Paul O’Neill personifies resentment and rage in the form of The Spider-Worm Witch, part 1; conclusion. A psychopath desperately needs sleep, yet he fears it, lest it release a murderous double of himself: Ron Sanders, The Canyon Killer, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor John Bukowski brings a space alien into a bar. It doesn’t say, “Take me to your leader” but Take Me to Your Liquor. |
| Poetry | Anna Ruiz, Concubine |
| Short Poetry |
Erica Evans, Lights |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes John Bukowski and Paul O’Neill. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1008 examines Homecomings. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Gilded Clasp Channie Greenberg, Collocations 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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