Issue 248

Novel	Gary Inbinder, Noble Lies Chapter 20, part 1; part 2; part 3
Serials	Tala Bar, Women in Autumn Chapter 5: Thursday Chapter 6: Shabat, part 1; part 2 Bertil Falk, Requiem for an Android Chapter 1: And Peace on Earth, part 1; part 2 Chapter 2: Being Chased, part 1; part 2
Short Stories	Steven Berry, Beneath the Floor, part 1; conclusion Mark Eller, Hunt Night, part 1; conclusion Mary B. McArdle, Fully Staffed Michael Merriam, Protect and Serve
Flash Fiction	Robert Laughlin, Moving the Picture Show
Short Drama	João Ventura, They... Portuguese original: Eles...
Poetry	Crystalwizard, Sixpence Anna Ruiz, Cardboard Box
Short Poetry	Dike Okoro, I Will Remember Her
Essay	Steven Utley, Grade Z

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Robert Laughlin, Michael Merriam, and Dike Okoro
The Critics’ Corner	Gary Inbinder and Don Webb discuss The Almost Human
Challenge	Challenge 248: The Androids Are Not Waiting for Godot
Letters	João Ventura writes about a Flash Fiction Newsletter
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day
The Reading Room	Jerry Wright reviews James Van Pelt, Summer Of The Apocalypse
Editorial	Jerry Wright, An Editorial Comment