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Issue 182 Volume 18 March 2014

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Editorial

Dan L. Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serials and Long Fiction

Constructor
Rick Grehan
A science fiction tale about home repair gone awfully wrong with the help of some military hardware and Uncle Mike.

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Short Stories

I Drink the World Poison
McCamy Taylor
Guilt will follow you, no matter how you hide yourself.

Alien G. Robinson
Patrick Hemstreet
All these… things… ask to be taken to your leader, but this alien was different.

Bread and Blood
Agnieszka Halas
Punishment was the way of life in Chalal. Natalia, of all the souls there, knew this only too well.

Hope from the Eternal Damned
Patrick Jagielski
Cheveyo longed to be the best hunter. Something else offered to help him.

Red Sky
George Schaade
The Red Sky Events were scorching the globe. Would they ever figure out where the next would be?

The Toys in the Nursery Are Dangerous. Be sure to urinate on them first.
Rabbi Steven J. Lebow
Selling used rockets was easy, but sleeping at night was hard… because of the toys.

Darkness
Lachlan Liesfield
Waking from a dream is like a new beginning, but this morning was so dark.

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Flash Fiction

Checking in with the Duke
Daniel Clausen
What is the galaxy's richest man currently up to?

Farewell Address
Eleanor Damaschke
Missy left Joe a letter… explaining everything.

Last Letter
J. Eckert Lytle
Between blinding, deafening alien attacks, a soldier on a distant planet writes a letter.

Matter of Fact
Edward Sullivan
Somewhere, in someone's brain in fact, the first particle exists…

The Old Homestead
George T. Philibin
Paleontologist, Dr. Donalson, was sure the markings constituted a language, but how could that be?

The Aphelion Flash Fiction Contest

We run a monthly flash fiction contest in the "Fun and Games" folder in Aphelion's forum. In the contest we post a challenge with a specific theme and genre and participants write a flash story based on the challenge guidelines. The contest is a great place to hone your writing skills, meet some fellow writers, receive some feedback, and possibly win a prize. New participants are always welcome. Submissions for the contest are done through the forum. Flash stories from all of our previous contest challenges are archived in the forum as well.

The title for March's challenge is "Modern Fantasy in Green." The contest will begin in the forum on March 2nd. Click HERE to check it out.

There is a $20 prize for the winner of this month's challenge provided our mysterious anonymous patron.

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Poetry and Filk Music

I Was There
Robin B. Lipinski

Lament for the Toys of J. F. Sebastian
Jean Jones

MAVEN Haiku
Denny E Marshall

Magician In Retirement
John Grey

SciFaiku
Rafał Zabratyński

Tipsy Rambler
Richard H. Fay

A Schrödinger Mouse
Richard Tornello

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Articles and features

A Word In Your Ear: The Killjoy Effect
Rob Wynne
In which we explore caring about things, not caring about things, the space between the two, and how to avoid occupying it.

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