The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1048
| News |
No serials are scheduled in issues 1048 and 1049 because those two regular issues are the last ones before this year’s Second Quarterly Review. We’d rather not interrupt serials with a special issue if we don’t need to. We expect to have the serials on the schedule complete before year’s end. We are looking forward to the date when we can rescind our moratorium on considering works longer than 9,000 words! |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Robert Boucheron reminds us that one may need to depend upon oneself in order to ensure A Quiet Evening at Home, part 1;
conclusion. New contributor Robert Nersesian reminds an aspiring football star that the safety is the last defender before the end zone. And the safety may be the player’s grandfather. Safety Last, part 1; part 2; conclusion New contributor Zachary Reger convenes a solemn court of sentient crows to debate the application and meaning of law in an evolving society. Murder in the Wind, part 1; part 2; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
Even excellencies may be susceptible to making expectable jokes. Gary Clifton, His Excellency Cometh |
| Poetry | Edward Ahern, Sharing the Rock |
| Short Poetry |
Robin Helweg-Larsen, An Outbreak of Humans |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Robert Boucheron and Zachary Reger, |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1048 observes that it’s very easy to make a Natural Goof-Up. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Magic Fruit Channie Greenberg, Negatrons Ron Sanders, Brave New World 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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