Issue 554

Novel	Sherman Smith, Two Blind Men and a Fool Chapter 16: Lift Every Voice Chapter 17: The Blues Have Never Seemed So Deep part 1: Seeking Safe Haven part 2: In the Murmansk Sea part 3: War Zone
Short Stories	Colin W. Campbell, The Chess Player of the Desert Ross Smeltzer, The Masque of Ascension, part 1; part 2; conclusion Ron Van Sweringen, The Last Rose of Summer
Flash Fiction	Sam Bellotto Jr., Finding Miss Penelope
Poetry	Oonah V. Joslin, Death Among the Apples Visalakshi Viswanathan, In Memphis
Short Poetry	John F. Keane, Lord of Time

Season’s Greetings	Roch Carrier, Coming Home, Going Home : tr. Don Webb
Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes John F. Keane
Challenge	Challenge 554: Both Here and There
Letters	Kenneth Harmon, Success Began at Bewildering Stories Oonah V. Joslin explicates “Death Among the Apples”
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Earth Observatory Picture of the Day Previous NASA photos Our Earth as Art Sky and Telescope, This Week’s Sky at a Glance