Issue 249

Novel	Gary Inbinder, Noble Lies Chapter 20, part 4 Chapter 21, part 1; part 2
Serials	Tala Bar, Women in Autumn Chapter 7: Tuesday Chapter 8: Shabat, conclusion Bertil Falk, Requiem for an Android Chapter 3: The Extreme Abyss, part 1; part 2 Chapter 4: The Circle is Closed Chapter 5: All’s Well That Ends Well? conclusion
Short Stories	O. J. Anderson, Dead for Good, part 1; conclusion Michelle Bobier, Hero, part 1; conclusion Crystalwizard, Lulu-Belle and The One That Got Away Rod Hamon, Clash of the Mutants, part 1; conclusion Sylvia Nickels, Starr Sight Roberto Sanhueza, Always on My Mind
Flash Fiction	Meagan Kane, Badge of Fear
Poetry	Bill Bowler, Erato Anna Ruiz, Chrysalis John Stocks, Ruins by Jacob’s Ladder
Essay	Steven Utley, Winslow on Dinosaurs

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes... Michelle Bobier, Rod Hamon, and Meagan Kane
Challenge	Challenge 249: Machina ex cathedra
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day
The Reading Room	Jerry Wright reviews
Editorial	Jerry Wright, xxx