The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 869
| Novels |
At the Diamond restaurant, Yegor impresses the diners and Capt. Warhola with an oration describing the Existentialist feeling of the Absurd. Capt. Warhola is moved to join Yegor in a vigorous reaffirmation of life. Natan Dubovitsky, Near Zero
Chapter 32: Tridtsat’ Dva
Senator Bourbonnais recovers from the Cygnian mugging and learns of Sirians’ activity on Earth. The news radically alters the Senator’s political outlook. Bill Kowaleski, Creative Destruction
Chapter 28: A Revelation
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| Serial | Omega and his Karakian partner Hoonra discover that the Dreamer will make a strange and fascinating ally: Tom Vaine, Omega Brown and the Tellerian Shapeshifter, part 3; conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
New contributor C. J. Heckman enlivens an evening at the Bristleboar Inn when some veteran regulars confront The Stranger from Scyllamar. New contributor Brad Kelechava reveals to three children and a mayor the importance of The Seagulls of Brachy Bay, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Dorothy Rice shows that behind an artist’s signature — or the lack of one — portrait painting may have more to do with real life than one might ever guess: Art Everlasting. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Robert Walton brings a former bandit to right a wrong in a small California town of the Old West: Llorona. |
| Poetry | Lori R. Lopez, Night’s Whispered Breath |
| Short Poetry |
Meg Smith, The Primitives |
Memoir |
One never knows when a prospective enemy may turn out to be a friend: Charles C. Cole, My Friend the Bully. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes C. J. Heckman, Brad Kelechava, Dorothy Rice and Robert Walton. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 869 notes that some stories answer and some raise the questions When, Where and Why? |
| The Reading Room |
John Eric Ellison, Descending Circles, Ascending Earth excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Channie Greenberg, Complications 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
Readers’ reactions are always welcome.
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