The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1043
| Novel |
Karyn has followed Scott to Sneferu’s pryamid in Egypt soon after Scott’s disappearance at Palenque. Their timing is a little off but, fortunately, Karyn knows which old pharaohs may be lurking about in 20th-century Egypt. Humphrey Price, Temple of the Inscriptions
Chapter 6: Reunited
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| Novella | New contributor Tannara Young introduces Lucas, who finds that the secret writing in a message intended for his husband, Adrin, may involve them both in a revolutionary cabal organized against the despotic monarch of their magical kingdom. Beneath the Ink, part 1 |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Cate Gallivan pens a cautionary tale about strange insect-like creatures that go up and Down the Drain, part 1;
conclusion. Have you ever wondered why people will be so hairy in the future and what they might do about it? Ásgrímur Hartmannsson, Future Hair At least asteroid Kuiper V has a rabbi. He doesn’t convert anyone, but he does have friends who are glad to volunteer and help him out in forming a minyan in order to say a Kaddish. Rabbi Steven Lebow, The Asteroid That Had No Jews |
| Flash Fiction |
Two diplomats can halt armed conflict between nations, but first they must settle a childhood quarrel. Charles C. Cole, The Stetson Peace Accords |
| Poetry | B. K. Mox, Eternally Recycling |
| Short Poetry |
Michael Murry, Inconspicuous Conclusions |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Cate Gallivan and Tannara Young. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1043 observes that there’s nothing new in nature, and yet everything is Naturally New. |
| The Reading Room |
Channie Greenberg, An Orbit of Chairs excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Solar Eclipse 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:
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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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