The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 945
| Novel |
A signal from Jim-Jam's rustproof keychain missile launchers interferes with Atkins' attempt to use laser cannons to murder the employees of a liberal radio station, WHYU. Jim-Jam worries about feeding his Komodo hatchlings. His mother, sensing that he has money troubles, gets him a job babysitting some of his younger cousins. Jim-Jam is tempted to allow those cousins to board the local amusement park's dangerous new ride. Channie Greenberg, The Ill-Advised Adventures of Jim-Jam O’Neily
Chapter 5: Higher-Than-Normal-Intensity Laser Cannons
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| Novella |
Sophia tells of her home near a potter’s field and how she broke a taboo concerning it. Christopher DeRosa, The Nadir of the Labyrinth
Part 6: The Farmer’s Tale
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| Short Stories |
Woe betides stranded space aliens when they meet Earthlings who are determined to live up to their own slogans and stereotypes:
Bill Bowler, Warm Welcome, part 1;
part 2;
conclusion. New contributor Paulina Guerrero depicts a mother’s and daughter’s attempt to achieve a belated mutual understanding: Blue Night Full. |
| Poetry | LindaAnn LoSchiavo, Picture the Holy Ghost |
| Short Poetry |
Mike Acker, There Is Something |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Paulina Guerrero. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 945 says we see our images in mirrors, but where do we see the Mirror’s Image? |
| The Critics’ Corner | Comma Quiz |
| Revew Article Classic Reissue |
Don Webb reviews one of Cassandra’s Voices that is particularly germane to world affairs in the early 2020’s: John Dominic Crossan, God & Empire. |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Celestial Mirage 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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