The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 963
| Novel |
The local School Board members are good ol’ boys and girls more interested in political clout than in serving their constituents. They award scholarships to the local community college to students whose parents’ connections suit them. At the dance, Jim-Jam once again spikes the punch. Young 4Hers show up, intent on creating chaos. Ralph creates chaos unintentionally. Lima brings a Komodo dragon she stole from the zoo, thus creating more than chaos. The police show up, handcuffs jingling. Channie Greenberg, The Ill-Advised Adventures of Jim-Jam O’Neily
Chapter 23: The Mechanisms of Prosecution
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| Novella |
The three explorers, Sam, Triss and Chelle, learn suddenly that some people and things are not what they expected:
Nemo West, The Lost Wreck of the Spero
Chapter 5: The Spero
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| Short Stories |
Aw, just give the lady a nice slice of pizza and a cup of coffee:
Shauna Checkley, Lost Corridors. Empathy can sometimes be a painful experience: Silvia E. Hines, The Psychologists’ Daughter, part 1; conclusion. |
| Flash Fiction |
It’s summertime, and the living is easy. A vacationing tourist helps “the living” be just a little easier than it would have been: Charles C. Cole, An Unexpected Summer Complaint. |
| Poetry | New contributor B. K. Mox, Particulars |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes B. K. Mox. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 962 Response: But What Results? with L. L. Richardson |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Divine Intervention David Paul Harris, Skeletalk 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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