The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 1066
Novel |
Max dreams of punishment for the killing at Bubbly Creek, but he now has a proposition to make to Miss Iverson. Gary Inbinder, Chicago Max
Chapter 16: Max’s Demons, part 1;
part 2
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Short Stories |
The late Charlie Overton’s friends and widow gather in the cemetery with flowers and remembrances at a grave that’s been freshly dug and is ready to receive a body wrapped in a shroud.
Jeffrey Greene, A Green Burial, part 1; conclusion Where’s a werewolf when you really need one? Check your space expedition’s genes by the light of Saturn’s many moons. Thomas W. Hamilton, The First Werewolf of Saturn A wrongfully convicted prisoner shares his last hours on death row. Gil Hoy, Humanity Lost |
Flash Fiction |
The consumer cautions about these Halloween treats are no trick.
Ed Ahern, Tricky Treats Hillbilly Homer plans on having a high old time in Las Vegas, but it isn’t really a place where he can stretch his luck. Gary Clifton, A Vegas Happening Sometimes vampires need therapy, too, just like other people. Charles C. Cole, A Vampire Comes Calling |
Poetry | Michael Murry, Analyzing the Alexandrine |
Departments
Challenge | Challenge 1066 suggests that, at Halloween, one may take refuge in Dreaming of Demons. |
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The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Black Magic Ron Sanders, All Hallows’ Eve 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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