Issue 281

Novel	Slawomir Rapala, The Three Kings Chapter 1: Troubled Tides, part 1; part 2; part 3
Novella	O. J. Anderson, As Good as Dead Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3
Serials	Bill Bowler, Bodkins the Great, part 4; part 5; conclusion Leona Rigger, Marked for Eradication, part 3; conclusion
Short Stories	Doug Hiser, The Blackbird of Death Jack P. Lowe, Endless Blue Horizons, part 1; conclusion Tamara Sheehan, Homebody
Flash Fiction	Kane X. Faucher, Fakebook Match Ryan, Prodigal Dog
Poetry	Michael Lee Johnson, No One is Here
Short Poetry	Anna Ruiz, Little Stone John Stocks, Absinthe on Black Hill
Memoir	Francine Schwartz, I Was Dancing

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Jack Phillips Lowe, Match Ryan, and Francine Schwartz
The Critics’ Corner	Fiona Davis writes about Wonus
Challenge	Challenge 281: Come Home, Little Con-Dog
The Art Gallery	NASA: Endeavour Spacewalk 7 NASA: Picture of the Day
The Reading Room	Pamela Faye reviews R D Larson, Mama Tried to Raise a Lady
Editorial	Don Webb, storySouth: Our Readers Get Their Say