The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 985
| Novels |
The fabled magic mirror on the wall can tell its nosy owner all about people and events in fairytale kingdoms. Joe Avery is the first to learn how the mirror itself feels about being used as a surveillance device. Charles C. Cole, Joe Avery
Chapter 4: Joe Avery’s Early Client
Max Niemand retires to his hotel room after meeting with Lawyer Williams and reflects on what he has learned in his investigation. Roxy Blaine arrives with a warning, but her role strikes Max as ambiguous. Gary Inbinder, Phantom Point
Chapter 7: Working the Puzzle
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| Serial | Ricky’s experience has one obvious moral: do not disrespect the djinn; they’ll cause no end of trouble: A. M. Johnson, Dad is a Ninja, part 3; conclusion. |
| Short Stories |
Elmore Bass is a science fiction writer who is terrified by the menace of invisible creatures he knows only as “Them.” He dare not even leave his room, for “They” could be anyone and anywhere. But what if he must go out?
Todd Glasscock, When I’m Sixty-Four, part 1;
conclusion. New contributor Charles C. Parsons depicts a lawyer pursuing a case on behalf of a young lady who wants to retrieve her automobile and bring to justice the men who defrauded her of it. But is it really possible to restore The Status Quo Ante, part 1; part 2; conclusion. Harold is losing his memory in his old age. He wanders the streets, desperately seeking to buy more thyme. His son and daughter-in-law wonder if he’s confused by a homophone. Harold alone knows how beautiful the truth really is: H. E. Vogl, More Thyme. |
| Flash Fiction |
Tina is going to wreak revenge on her boyfriend, whom she suspects of fooling around with another lady. But how best to go about it? Shauna Checkley, Revenge at the Cat Café. |
| Short Poetry |
Edward Ahern, Etude for Three Hands |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes Charles C. Parsons. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 985 wants All Hands on Deck. |
| Excerpt | Channie Greenberg, Communicated Childbirth Options |
| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Perdition’s Gate 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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