The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1055
| Novels |
Nickel finds a way to identify a secret Revolutionary agent. Lemm exerts his status as a diplomat and crashes a state dinner.
Alcuin Fromm, Unseen Friends, Unseen Foes, part 6 Max Niemand has eyes and dreams for Olga Boyer, but his appointment with Moe Weinberg takes unexpectedly urgent precedence. Gary Inbinder, Chicago Max
Chapter 3: A Fresh Corpse, part 1; part 2
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| Short Stories |
As is said but seldom done: “Read the fine print.” And that goes for both Earthlings and space aliens.
Bill Kowaleski, The Fine Print New contributor Paul W. La Bella shows how a very bad toothache and an atomic bomb can really spoil one’s day: No Cure for the Pain James has to mediate a serious business conflict in a bar where the band’s motto is “No Regrets.” James used to play in that band, and he has some regrets. C. F. Pierce, Corinthian Club. part 1; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
At night, on a dimly lit street, a target may be hard to define. Too hard, in fact. Gary Clifton, Shots in the Dark |
| Poetry | Sultana Raza, Whose Heart Should He Be Given? |
| Short Poetry |
Bill Bowler, Meaning New contributor Olivia Cummings, A Kindergarten High |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Olivia Cummings and Paul W. La Bella. |
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| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Acid Trip Channie Greenberg, Dread Ron Sanders, First Jump 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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