Issue 869

Novels	Natan Dubovitsky, Near Zero Chapter 32: Tridtsat’ Dva Bill Kowaleski, Creative Destruction Chapter 28: A Revelation
Serial	Tom Vaine, Omega Brown and the Tellerian Shapeshifter, part 3; conclusion
Short Stories	C. J. Heckman, The Stranger from Scyllamar Brad Kelechava, The Seagulls of Brachy Bay, part 1; conclusion Dorothy Rice, Art Everlasting
Flash Fiction	Robert Walton, Llorona
Poetry	Lori R. Lopez, Night’s Whispered Breath
Short Poetry	Meg Smith, The Primitives
Memoir	Charles C. Cole, My Friend the Bully

Welcome	Bewildering Stories introduces and welcomes... C. J. Heckman, Brad Kelechava, Dorothy Rice and Robert Walton
Challenge	Challenge 869: When, Where and Why?
The Reading Room	John Eric Ellison, Descending Circles, Ascending Earth excerpt
The Art Gallery	Channie Greenberg, Complications 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