   
Hello and welcome to the March 2025 issue of Aphelion!
First of all, I have been sick for most of the
past three months. This Winter's flu has been really rough. It just
won't
go away!
This
issue is going to be a few days late. And the IndieCD.org version
won't go up until later, because it's more work
than just doing Aphelion over here. A lot of links have to be shortened
so that they work over there. There are things over here and over there
that I just don't have time to fully update if I'm to hit anywhere near
the deadline here.
One bit of good news is that after years of waiting, the prequel to
"Adbucted" is now available for Kindle preorder right now.A Disposable Man
over
on Amazon, with a release date of March 21st. I will get
notices of hardcopy versions after that. Another is that I received
permission to release "Fly By Wire" from the Nightwatch series creaters
and developers, so that will also be out once the editing process has
begun.
I'm working as fast as I can to get back on track with Aphelion and
everything else. It would help if I wouldn't keep getting sick, but
that's beyond my control at the moment. Winter ending would probably
help. But, I'm trying to eat healthy foods, stay hydrated, and get
enough sleep as best I can. I've been craving fruit, cottage cheese,
porkchops and sauerkraut, and veggies since mid-november, and indulging
those cravings as much as possible. Hopefully, those and even healthier
foods will help. Doing my best, folks, but I am almost 70. It ain't the
years--it's the milage. And I've been ridden hard and put away wet too
many times, LOL! My wife does take fantastic care of me, so that's
something to be thankful for.
The online streaming shows "Stupid
O'clock" and "Last Man Standing" have been uploaded live to YouTube as
well as several Facebook pages for over two years now. They are
basically live-streaming chat shows covering a range of topics, modeled
on the types of conversations people have after hours at SF&F
conventions. Joe McKeel and I have archives of past shows on our own
YouTube channels. Check 'em out if that sounds like something you'd
enjoy I've put links in our Features section that will take you to the
YouTube archives of both shows.
With all that said, it's high time I
shut up and let you get to reading.
Enjoy
yourselves,
Dan
ON
THE COVER
Title: Infrared VISTA view of a stellar nursery in Monoceros*
Courtesy: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA
Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
This
dramatic infrared image shows the nearby star formation region
Monoceros R2, located some 2700 light-years away in the constellation
of Monoceros (the Unicorn). The picture was created from exposures in
the near infrared bands Y, J and Ks taken by the VISTA survey telescope
at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. Monoceros R2 is an association of massive
hot young stars illuminating a beautiful collection of reflection
nebulae, embedded in a large molecular cloud.
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