Issue 289

Novel	Slawomir Rapala, The Three Kings Chapter IV: Empty Heaven, part 5 Chapter V: On the Brink of Madness, part 1
Novella	Bertil Falk, Eucharist for a Sinless Mankind Chapter 2: The Not-Sinning Ones, part 7 Chapter 3: The Building Stones of Sinlessness, part 1
Serial	Michael A. Potter, Alessandro’s Unexpected Traverse, part 1; part 2
Short Stories	R D Larson, Wind From the Edge of the Cloud, part 1; conclusion R. Scott McCoy, Day Twenty Pat Wakeley, Over the Edge
Flash Fiction	Jennifer Walmsley, Smiler Sylvia S. Wrigley, Everything She Wanted
Poetry	Michael Lee Johnson, I Hide My Craft John Grey, Octobered Anna Ruiz, I Awaken This Morning
Short Poetry	Shelly Parenti, Gravity
Essay	Mark Murdock, Analogical Meaning in Lord of the Rings, part 3; part 4

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes R. Scott McCoy, Shelly Parenti, Pat Wakeley, and Sylvia S. Wrigley
Challenge	Challenge 289: Pegging Out the Sin-Meter
Contest 4	Lewayne L. White, Quarterbacky
The Art Gallery	A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day
The Reading Room	Danielle L. Parker reviews... Colin P. Davies, Tall Tales on the Iron Horse