The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 826
| Novel |
Izzalia’s quest in Dust has ended in failure. She and Riku are returned to the Fjord, where Izzalia is imprisoned while the Council debates her fate. L. S. Popovich, Echoes From Dust |
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| Serial | New contributor Jen Sexton-Riley introduces Godfrey Daniels, a rescued bunny rabbit who becomes quite well-educated while living with a family in which not all are The Squirrel Eaters, part 1; part 2. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor Scott Cafarella shows how a trade can bring not only pride but fulfilment and even joy in the life of The Stone Mason. New contributor John Grayson Heide turns an ordinary crime story around in an elevator where only two can know what’s Going Down. New contributor Scott Richburg asks what’s a young ballplayer to do when the only other real player is a cranky old man and there’s a Ghost Man on First. |
| Flash Fiction |
Do you get spam telephone calls? When you get this kind, don’t just hang up; run and hide! Ed Blundell, Play the Game. |
| Poetry |
Alan Garfoot, The Inner Light Ken Poyner, Scout |
| Short Poetry |
New contributor Stephen Emmanuel Ogboh, Let No One Steal Your Song |
| Memoir | The recovery of stolen property may entail both loss and gain: Charles C. Cole, Strange Neighbors. |
| Memorial | Oonah V. Joslin remembers James Graham. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes John Grayson Heide, Stephen Emmanuel Ogboh and Jen Sexton-Riley. |
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| Challenge |
Challenge 826 says sometimes you just have to Take Charge. Challenge 818 Response wonders what is Predictable. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Mystic Storm 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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