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Issue 188 Volume 18 September 2014

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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

Cybergeists
Charles Ebert
Stancil Willoughby knew everything there was to know about AIs, or so he thought.

Perfect City
Vanessa Kittle
Leave the Dull World behind and go to Perfect City instead, where all snags meet an abrupt end.

The Martian Marathon
David Wright
One race could change the fate of the whole planet.

The Predictors
Michael J. Frey
Just a prick of the finger and they know when you'll die.

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Flash Fiction

A Tangled Web
Roy Dorman
On paper, the mission was simple: stop Attila the Hun. Reality, however, was very different.

Inside the Ivy
S. E. Gale
Granddad's inheritance wasn't quite what they thought.

Metropolis
Botond Teklesz
A life so connected isn't without its drawbacks.

Putting on the Show
Ed Sullivan
A domestic disturbance call takes a strange turn.

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.

Over 500 stories are included in our archive. To start reading some of these great flash stories, check out either Index 1 or Index 2.

Results of the Aphelion Flash Fiction Contest for August 2014

Congratulations to Wesson, winner of the "It Takes Two to Mango" Challenge. Click HERE to read the winning story "The Folly of Sister Katarina" and four other tasty treats.

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Poetry and Filk Music

Drip
Martin Tomlinson

Haiku
Denny E. Marshall

Rabbit Talk
Robin B. Lipinski

Scifaiku
Rafał Zabratyński

What real horror is
Jean Jones

Senryu
David Fox

That's What Food Eats!
Richard Tornello

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Articles and features

A Word In Your Ear: Geek Cred
Rob Wynne
There is no canon, or why it's okay (really) if you've never watched Firefly…

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