Issue 453

Novel	Phillip Donnelly, Kev the Vampire Chapter 4: Disintegration Chapter 5: Dissolution
Novella	Richard M. Smith, A Bridge to Earth Chapter 4 : Visitors, part 2
Serial	Michael C. Thompson, The Negatives Chapter 4: Jihad Chapter 5: Black, conclusion
Short Stories	Matthew T. Acheson, The Demon’s Test Nikki Alfar, The Zombie on Cuenca Street Rob Smales, Gotcha! Thomas Lee Joseph Smith, Snore Loser
Flash Fiction	Oonah V. Joslin, The Last Syllable of Recorded Time
Poetry	Alessandro Cusimano, Walpurgis Night — Notte di Valpurga Allison Grayhurst, Trap Arnold Hollander, Halloween Night
Short Poetry	Joseph Farley Malicious Gossip Skeletons Rebecca Lu Kiernan Cutflower Haunt Couture

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Rob Smales
The Critics’ Corner	Bewildering Stories discusses “The Negatives”
Challenge	Challenge 453: What Shall We Do With a Tightwad Wizard?
The Reading Room	John W. Steele, The Chronicle of Belthaeous, excerpt
The Astrophoto Album	Richard Ong, Spooky Moon
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