Issue 294

Novel	Slawomir Rapala, The Three Kings Chapter VII Darkness Before Dawn, part 3 Chapter VIII The Memory Remains, part 1
Novella	Bill Bowler, Upwyr Chapter 2: A Friend in Need, part 1; part 2; part 3
Short Stories	Gary Beck, The Last Glance R D Larson, Legacy Portal, part 1; conclusion Andrew Males, Knifepoint Rebecca McNulty, Fireside
Flash Fiction	Catherine DiCairano, Top Scorer Christina Martin, Tim’s Transformation Mel Waldman, Polygraph
Poetry	Mary B. McArdle, Out of Season Anna Ruiz, Kali Meets Medusa

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcolmes Catherine DiCairano, Andrew Males, and Rebecca McNulty
The Critics’ Corner	Bewildering Stories examines “Kali Meets Medusa”
Challenge	Challenge 293 response: Carmen Ruggero writes about “A Body of Water”
Contest 4	L. Roger Quilter, Raztan of the Grapes
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day
The Reading Room	Lewayne L. White reviews... Frank Darabont, dir. The Mist (film review) Jerry Wright reviews... S. M. Stirling, In the Courts of the Crimson Kings