Issue 269

Contest	Contest 4: Parodise Loosed Welcome Page Index
Novel	Claës Lundin, Oxygen and Aromasia Chapter 17: In Copenhagen part 1: The Lovers Arrive part 2: Doubts and Differing Plans part 3: In the Chemist’s Laboratory Chapter 18: Invisible Bodies part 1: Now You See It, Now You Don’t part 2: Divergent Paths
Serial	Robert H. Prestridge, Abandon, part 1; part 2
Short Stories	Elliot R. Dorfman, No Other Choice, part 1; conclusion Andrew Drilon, Peekli, part 1; conclusion Beverly Forehand, The Dragon’s Tale Wayne C. Peake, Jr. The Devil’s Pen, part 1; conclusion Lewayne L. White, Swan Dive, part 1; part 2; conclusion
Flash Fiction	Carol Reid, Blackbird Walt Trizna, Do You Hear What I Hear?
Poetry	Anna Ruiz, Paranoid Chickens John Stocks, Night Sky
Short Poetry	Michael Lee Johnson, Hazy Arizona Sky Mary B. McArdle, Moon Storm
Essays	Mel Waldman, The Nazi Patient Osgood Wormer, D.V.M., Ph.D., Philosophy and Your Pet

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Elliot R. Dorfman, Andrew Drilon, Wayne C. Peake, Jr., and Carol Reid
Challenge	Challenge 268 response: Carol Reid writes about “Urban Elf” Challenge 269: Moonset, Moonrise
Letters	P. I. Barrington writes about Observation One
The Photo Gallery	NASA, Endeavour Spacewalk 1
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day
Excerpt	Laura Stamps, The Book of Shadows