Issue 396

Novel	Michael E. Lloyd, Donna’s Men Book II: Never So Good Prologue: Now and Then Chapter 1: 1955 Chapter 2: 1956
Novellas	Oonah V. Joslin, A Genie in a Jam Chapter 8: Bitter Dispute Bob Brill, Rod, Rex and Rhoda Chapter 1: Barking Mad Chapter 2: Hello Out There
Short Stories	Jack Alcott, The Oceanic Express, part 1; part 2; conclusion David Brookes, Shaking the Tree, part 1; part 2; part 3, conclusion
Flash Fiction	Michael D. Brooks, The Final Supper Joseph Williams, The Old Man and the Cave
Drama	Mel Waldman, The First Death
Short Poetry	John Grey, Woman in Chair Anna Ruiz, The Egg Looked Lonely This Morning

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Joseph Williams
Challenge	Challenge 395 Responses: Karlos Allen and Bertil Falk, “Circles” Carmen Ruggero, “Of Drums and Thunder” Challenge 396: Out of the Deeps
The Reading Room	Steve Douglas reviews C. J. Carter-Stephenson, The Crystal Ship
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Earth Observatory Picture of the Day Our Earth as Art