The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1061
| Novel | Lil Diamond engages Max Niemand to work for Benny Levy’s acquittal. Max also needs to exchange information with Lutkus and Wagner, but contact proves elusive. Gary Inbinder, Chicago Max |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Justin Carlos Alcalá depicts the mental flight of a long-overworked business employee who finally treats himself to some peace and quiet in the countryside. The Rambler. New contributor Al Malers brings businessman Barry to a bar, where he meets Mathieu. The two discover that the value of a painting depends on who’s looking at it. Memories on a Bird, part 1; conclusion When Ciccio’s wife, Raffaella, undergoes a serious operation, he can’t get vey curious why a space alien might be hovering over the city, not far from the hospital. Martin Westlake, Room for Recovery, part 1; part 2; conclusion |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Karama Neal records the feelings of a long-lived monument that ultimately yields to crumbling and subsidence. The Decline and Fall of Castle George |
| Poetry | Brenda Mox, What Cages Her |
| Short Poetry |
Shauna Checkley, Cat Walk |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Juan Carlos Alcalá, Al Malers, and Karama Neal. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 1061 finds that we can often say that at first you didn’t see it, but Now You Do. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Iron Griffin Channie Greenberg, Unexpected Tension Ron Sanders, Gnat 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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