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Issue 173 Volume 17 May 2013

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Editorial

Dan L. Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serials and Long Fiction

Alas, there was no new Long Fiction in this issue.

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Short Stories

Causal Effect
Roderick D. Turner
Reality it seems can be a matter of choice.

Class III
Margaret Karmazin
The verdict was given in a trial we never knew was happening, but what did it mean?

Desired Lives
H. Y. Hill
Sir Robert and Jake Round dreamed each other's dreams, more connected than either suspected.

Eye of Newt
Mike Phillips
A wizard learns that magic is not so easy and that lizards can be awfully hard to find.

Laurel
Bridget Kay
What wouldn't he do for that girl with freckles, including moving to Mars.

Midnight Cross Road
Nathan Boutwell
Even Satan himself can get the blues.

Power
E. S. Strout
A classic-styled story about aliens and alternative energy.

Pulp World
P. F. White
Oswald built a dream for the whole world to experience, and those who survived it would never forget it.

Showdown at the Cape
Mike Wilson
The Senator and the NASA administrator hated each other—or was it just the waves of heat between them?

The Root
Dominic Lennard
The plant was unlike anything Harry had ever seen, and figuring it out consumed him.

Results of Forum Flash Challenge for April 2013

Congratulations to Sergio (ente per ente) Palumbo, making it two in a row with a win in the "Huntsman's Family" challenge. For his efforts, he also won $20 which he donated to charity, which has become something of a theme in the challenges when there is a cash prize. Click HERE to read the winning story, "A Sustainable Development", and two more stories of a simple, fantasy family just trying to get along.

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Poetry and Filk Music

Are You Scared of Words?
Robin B. Lipinski

Local Time
Tim Laffey

One Way Trip
Richard Tornello

The Creaks in the Cracks
Mark Edgemon

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Articles and features

Alas, there were no feature articles this month.

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