Issue 553

Novel	Sherman Smith, Two Bind Men and a Fool Chapter 14: Where Am I To Go? Chapter 15: Time To Take a Stand
Novella	Mark Bonica, Spiraling In 13: Year 825, conclusion
Short Stories	Grove Koger, Treacherous Waters Prashila Naik, Dream Woman Owen Traylor, Life and Death in Eaton Square
Flash Fiction	Walter Giersbach, Scouting Alternatives
Poetry	Stephen Ellams, What Might Have Been B. Z. Niditch, Intergalactic Poet
Short Poetry	Harley King, Open Media
Essay	Channie Greenberg, The Need for Staid Midlifers to Write Bizarro Texts

Welcome	Bewildering Stories welcomes Stephen Ellams, Harley King. and Prashila Naik
Discussion	Bewildering Stories discusses Spiraling In
Challenge	Challenge 553: Spiral’s Center
The Reading Room	Danielle L. Parker, A Shopping List: Maritime Marvels
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