The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 901
| Novel |
Tom Hanauer arrives for his first appointment as Mrs. Morhan’s “night companion.” The conversation is polite and congenial, and Mrs. Morhan freely shares information about her family. Tom may have reason to be curious and perhaps even a little apprehensive. Jeffrey Greene, The Night Companion
Chapter 2: First Conversation
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| Short Stories |
Papa Giff has strict rules about what his four children shall be and do. Any deviance may bring about the End Times:
Shauna Checkley, The Night of Passion and Rapture. New contributor David Stephen Powell shows how married bliss requires keeping matters in perspective. Instant on-line advice may be more trouble than it’s worth: Bob and Rachel. Steve is a whiz at acquring skills on the Internet. Learning to be a chef can be easy, provided he starts by clicking on the correct button: João Ventura, Beyond the Internet of Things. |
| Flash Fiction |
When a mysterious condition causes Mr. Dunston to talk in rhyme, the result can be distracting but also charming: Charles C. Cole, Bad Rhyming Syndrome, |
| Poetry | New contributor Julie Brandon, A Is Not for Apple |
Memoir |
At an alternative high school in the wilds of northern British Columbia, a young teacher finds the students challenging, but he captures their interest with an eruptive science project: Harrison Kim, The MacKenzie Days, part 1; conclusion. |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Julie Brandon and David Stephen Powell. |
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| The Art Gallery |
John Eric Ellison, Aspen and Oak Reverie 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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