The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1024
| Novel |
Max Niemand keeps a rendezvous in a rainy forest at midnight, but the mystery — and the potential menace — only deepen. Gary Inbinder, The Girl on the Rush Street Bridge |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Jared Cappel demonstrates how a solution can be worse than a problem or a cure worse than the disease: The Voiceover, part 1;
conclusion Kiddies know about monsters under beds or in closets, but what is it like to be one? To find out, let’s listen in on two normal, everyday workingmonsters. Brian Clark, Ralph and Fred on Night Shift New contributor Jeff King introduces Marjorie, who has a question for those who most people want to believe are space aliens. A Question to the Disbelieved, part 1; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
Rain and tears are not the same, but they are both entirely natural. Charles C. Cole, A Rainy Farewell to a Dear Friend |
| Poetry | Sultana Raza, Intergalactic Rights |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Jared Cappel and Jeff King. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1024 says that sometimes we have to answer the question and, at other times, Question the Answer. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Interstellar Drive Channie Greenberg, Stellar Ron Sanders, One Wheel Down 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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