The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 928
| Novel |
Drina and Dan head out to E’s farm. Drina will distract E while Dan takes care of the skull spell and confronts the dire mastiffs. John Rossi, The Adventures of Dead Dan: The Old Religion, part 5 |
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| Novella |
Egon and his followers smuggle Caspar to the spaceship arranged to take them to Alphane 3. Are Egon and Caspar ready to compromise their beliefs in order to make the trip? Bill Bowler, Klunk, part 2 |
| Short Stories |
When one’s personal surveillance app knows more about you than you know about yourself, one does as one is told:
Brad Ashmore, Take the Plunge!. New contributor Noel Corrigan brings to life an old sailor who can fascinate a young audience with Old Sea Tales, part 1; conclusion, There can be a danger in making an ultimately important decision just a little too easy: Jeffrey Greene, The Kill Switch, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
“It’s not enough to know what you deserve; you have to know what you want.” Charles C. Cole, The Return of Papa Gampu. |
| Poetry | Stephen Ellams, The Fog |
Discussion |
Bewildering Stories discusses External Archives with Benny Bottema. |
Departments
| Challenge | Challenge 928 says Catch the Switch, don’t throw it. |
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| The Reading Room |
Channie Greenberg, One-Handed Pianist excerpt |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Don’t Mess With the Marshal 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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