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What’s in Issue 1015

Novel After meeting strange people at the Auntighur Auction House, Setet has survived an armored challenge to his return to the Verrin School. Master Tellrus congratulates Setet and treats his exhausted apprentice to a taste of Kolchoan Blue.
Patrick Honovich, The Elusive Taste of Kolchoan Blue
Chapter 7: Roses in Winter, part 1; part 2
Serial What can we make of our timestream if the records of a film star’s career repeatedly change? Mazin Saleem, Murphy’s Lore, part 3; conclusion
Short
Stories
New contributor Asenath Grey introduces a set of body-snatching sisters who encounter conflicts in attempts to find Suitable Skin, part 1; conclusion,

The Sirians are back! And Gerry’s friend Inkohatum has new perspectives to offer on love and evolution. Bill Kowaleski, Just a Minor Firmware Upgrade, part 1; conclusion
Flash
Fiction
“Simplest is best but seldom easiest.” Hup Belmont, a farmer, has realized that the key to achieving the best is in knowing how to listen and Whom to listen to. Charles C. Cole, The Thing in the Apple Tree

New contributor Michael Schulman introduces robots who are designed to take charge and programmed to serve. Service may include a Midnight Pickup.
Short
Poetry
Shauna Checkley, Mother Nature
Essay New contributor Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar marshals some handy advice for Crafting Plot in Horror.

Departments

Welcome Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Asenath Grey, Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar and Michael Schulman.
Challenge Challenge 1015 examines with interest the relationship of Form and Function.
The Art
Gallery
Richard Ong, Magic Gauntlet
Channie Greenberg, Glory
Ron Sanders, Cosmicity

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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