The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1026
| Novels |
Max Niemand is out searching for Bob O’Neill on the streets of Chicago. Max finds a cab driver who promises to be very helpful in casing a shady location. Gary Inbinder, The Girl on the Rush Street Bridge
Chapter 15: Max Shadows a Suspect
New contributor Steven Schechter depicts the dilemma of young Beatrice Belham, who finds that it is easier to change her mind than it is to swap out her socially and politically important fiancé in A Victorian Romance.
Chapter 1: A Woman’s Heart, part 1; part 2
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| Short Stories |
New contributor D. G. Ironside brings Kalvus and Jadus in pursuit of a star-fall and personal restoration at The Golden Bridge of Nevesus, part 1;
part 2;
conclusion. Jebediah Callender’s personal library is curiously uniform but seems to reflect his feelings about his progeny. Kjetil Jansen, The Care Heirs, part 1; conclusion New contributor Allister Nelson introduces young Katarina to Vex, a figure from Norse mythology in the frozen country of Lapland. The Cold One, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Duke takes flight from his conventional existence by taking a flight with Juni, a kindly young woman whose background is quite different from his own.
Charles C. Cole, Duke Takes Flight Ling is extremely aware that her parents’ advanced age incurs potential perils. Indeed, their time is short and might recall the ancient words tempus fugit. But Ling must learn that those words are inscribed on only one side of the coin of wisdom; on the other side is carpe diem. Huina Zheng, Right Here, Right Now |
| Poetry | Brenda Mox, Veils of Darkness |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes D.G. Ironside, Allister Nelson and Steven Schechter. |
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| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Pirate Anne Bonny Channie Greenberg, Pussy Willows Ron Sanders, Merlin’s Magic Shop 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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