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Editorial

Dan L. Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serials and Long Fiction

Carnival
David Ames
Words have a funny way of transforming themselves into tapestries onto which our mind can paint anything we imagine.

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Short Stories

Apple of His Eye
By K.I. Borrowman
That little Apple IIc computer seemed magical…

Gumballs
James Tatam
The carnival was full of sights, delights… and dangers.

In Service to the King
Joe S. Kimbrough II
One arrow meant a visitor, two meant danger, but the third at his feet meant… war.

Otto and Windsor
Ray Prew
Otto didn't want to be a puppet anymore. He wanted to be the puppeteer.

Portent
Frank D. Ferrari
Somehow, those microorganisms knew it was time to end the world.

Time Amok
J. Eckert Lytle
It's a ripping good time on the streets of London when a time traveler arrives.

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Flash Fiction

In Sheep's Clothing
Hallie M. Smith

Kizuna Kid
C.E. Gee

Spoon Control
Joshua Berkau

The Wizard
Chris Bedell

Simultaneous Time
Jean-Paul L. Garnier

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

A Lullaby for the Devil
Alexis Child

Caves Of Mars
Denny E Marshall

Governance
Michael Ceraolo

Never Ending Struggle
Richard H. Fay

On Barbed Summits
Dennis Villelmi

Once Again
Richard Tornello

Scraps
JD DeHart

Tick, Tick, Tick
David Ulnar-Slew

If Only Asleep
Robin B. Lipinski

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Articles and features

Alas, there were no feature articles this month.

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