The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 915
| Novel |
Kerri has gone to confer with the local tribe. The film crew try in vain to contact and warn her while their cameras record strange and violent images. Rebecca Johnson, Keepers of the Ageless One |
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| Novella |
Eta explains to Gael Surmondelle that her mission is to find Amado. Gabriel S. de Anda, Castles in the Sky
Chapter II: Eta Alatriste-Greschoff
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Kaci Curtis depicts the plight and fate of Rose, a “small witch” who is spurned by local villagers and is yet the only one who stands between them and a powerful demon from the forests: All That Stood Between, part 1;
conclusion. New contributor Steven French reprises the old story of dealing with the Devil but in a minor key: Handshake at the Crossroads. In an alternate history, how might Tsar Nicholas and his family have escaped assassination? Valeriya Salt, Red Days, White Nights, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
Two hospital co-workers find themselves at the right place with each other but at the wrong time: Charles C. Cole, Working With Lucy. |
| Poetry | Channie Greenberg, The Property of Modest Ambition |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Kaci Curtis and Steven French. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 915 analyzes in depth and ends up Drawing Inconclusions. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Siegfried 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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