The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 994
| Novels |
Joe advises against plunging into the foaming surf, if one is made of clay. Charles C. Cole, Joe Avery
Chapter 11: Detective Joe Avery Hits the Beach
Roxy collects her commission for saving Max and heads for the safety of L.A., where Max had first met the mysterious Eve Sinclair. Gary Inbinder, Phantom Point
Chapter 16: The Eyrie
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| Novella |
In the 30th century, human racial and political tensions have taken a violent turn on Mars. Miranda Marlow comes to visit her father Adrian, who is being restored after an assassination attempt. Despite their differences, she agrees to retrieve his top-secret documents about the sabotage of the San Damien dome. New contributor Brian Yapko, San Damien and the Red Daggers
Chapter 1: Marlow’s Request
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| Short Stories |
Why waste time on callow youth when you can share it with others and enjoy the wisdom of your elder years?
Amita Basu, Timeshare, part 1; conclusion. Two sisters rediscover a childhood game while cleaning out their late parents’ home. It’s a game that neither wants to win: Shauna Checkley, The Memory Game. How do you spell “Mediterranean”? G-a-r-l-i-c. Young Petrus applies the principle when he gets into complicated trouble with a dragon from the Balkans: Ronald Larsen, St. Petrus, the Dragonslayer. |
| Flash Fiction |
New contributor Alex Dermody uses time travel to best effect, namely to have Jeremy Jelly warn his younger self against being Stabbed in the Back Hair Barbershop. |
| Poetry | New contributor Bobby Parrott, The Solitary Scan of an Android’s Eye |
Departments
| News | The Welcome and Challenge departments are postponed pending the Managing Editor’s recuperation. Issue 995 may be affected as well. |
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| The Art Gallery |
Richard Ong, Bloodlines John Eric Ellison, Sunbathing at Lunch Hour 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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