The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 960
| Novel |
Mom O'Neily rehearses Jim-Jam for court and hopes to disguise his flair for biochemistry, physics, and marketing. She is unsettled by Jim-Jam’s weapons research and development. George breaks into Jim-Jam's shack and, surprised by the young genius, flees through the shack's window. George dies shortly thereafter. Channie Greenberg, The Ill-Advised Adventures of Jim-Jam O’Neily
Chapter 20: Taking Delight
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| Novella |
The trio of Sam, Triss and Chelle venture into the Toboso Marsh. They immediately meet Deak, an old acquaintance. Celle wonders why Sam is friendly toward Deak while Triss is hostile. Nemo West, The Lost Wreck of the Spero
Chapter 2: Toboso
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| Short Stories |
New contributor James Andrew Selby explores the advantages and dangers of creating a video-game superhero:
A Chiptune for Rasterman, part 1;
part 2;
conclusion. New contributor J. M. Turner introduces Povel and Sylvia, who meet an old acquaintance in an abandoned library in a ruined city where Sylvia becomes obsessed with reading dusty tomes: Epitaph and Elegy, part 1; conclusion. |
| Short Poetry |
Mike Acker, Mirrored |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes James Andrew Selby and J. M. Turner. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 960 says you don’t have to catch an Infield Fly. |
| The Reading Room |
Nick Pipitone reviews Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Phantasmagoria John Eric Ellison, Exoplanet Boron Gold Rush 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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