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Issue 193 Volume 19 March 2015

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Editorial

Dan L. Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serials and Long Fiction

Fallow Empires of the Mind
Edward J. Santella
In this follow-up to Mr. Santella's "The Ocean of All Her Children," Lucifer himself learns not to underestimate Mrs. Tee.

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Short Stories

Two Strokes of a Pen
Jill Hand
It simply couldn't be true. It couldn't be that easy… to kill.

The Fastest Gun in the Veil
Theo Taylor
Hunting fugitives is what I do. Why should I fear Gideon Masters?

Unfolding Skies
E.S. Strout
Reach the edge, if you dare.

The Compass
Leland Smithson
Retirement looming, they had one last mission to complete—if they could only find their way.

Victory Chain
C.H. Kelly
On tires or on a maglev track, racing can be a deadly game.

Wait, there's more!

The following stories did not receive many comments in our forum, so we've held them over for an extra month.

Can You Hear Their Triumphant Howl?
John K. Webb
Light the candle and remember them, every night.

Dragon Fodder
J. Eckert Lytle
Fred needed something to keep him going, but dragons? He thought it was nonsense.

Heaven-121
Ryan Sexton
Kevin was in a bad situation, so when Evangeline offered him an escape, he took it.

Insider's Report
Roderick D. Turner
You've trained for this. Get in there and find out what the device can do.

My Little Birds
Mark Altenhofen
What would have been a normal morning is interrupted by feathered intruders.

Sex in the Afterlife
Stephen Faulkner
A lesson in love from beyond the grave.

The Harlequin Girl
David Cleden
The strange juggler seemed to know so much about the mists of Far Lake. She also seemed his only hope.

Unexpected Opportunity
Jeffrey Yorio
The alien craft was right in front of him, and he marvelled at his luck.

Venus Forms
Brian W. Ball
All Shannon wanted was a normal life. The voice inside her wanted something else.

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Flash Fiction

Voting Day
Jerry McGinley
Coming soon to a dystopia near you!

Lost Homecoming
Dionisio "Don" Traverso
Lost is a matter of perspective.

Executive Decision
J. Eckert Lytle
Decisions,Decisions! What to do?

And So It Began
Roy Dorman
The more things change…

Short Employment Stint
Denny E. Marshall

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.

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Poetry and Filk Music

Flying Saucers
Robin B. Lipinski

Girl, Woman
Robin Wyatt Dunn

Giving in to the Beast
Scott Thomas Outlar

Haiku
Denny E Marshall

To a Question Regarding Sci Fi Games
Richard Tornello

Scifaiku
William Landis

If my life were a Twilight Zone Episode
Jean Jones

A Collection of Zone Walker Poetry
Robert William Shmigelsky

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Articles and features

Alas, there were no feature articles this month.

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