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Editorial

Dan L. Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serials and Long Fiction

Six Thegn Quean, Episode Two
David Ulnar-Slew
Eotens, Ogrim, and Thegn, oh my! Plus a platoon of the King's-Guard (minus two foolish officers), a band of thieves, and assorted other displaced persons — all preparing to face a growing horde.

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Short Stories

Blue Oceans, Yellow Sands
Konstantine Paradias
A titanic struggle between two superheroes boils over on multiple worlds.

Crystal Ball
Daniel C. Smith
They saw the future, and it was grim. Could the President save us?

Station Road
Ryan Daff
Murder. Break-ins. Vengeance.

The Bride from the Garden
Rodica Bretin
The garden was dying, and then she came.

The Digestion Cooperation
J. Cameron Kuban
One woman struggles against losing her husband to hungry aliens.

The Keeper of the Plains
Allison Wall
He wasn't what she expected of a sorcerer, but he sure liked coffee.

The Seventh Son of the Seventh Son
Ray Prew
Raising kids wasn't easy—not even for witches.

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Flash Fiction

A Really Powerful Inward Energetic Star
Florin Purluca
Class trips can be very interesting…

Buck's Driving Force
C.E. Gee
Buck had a lot of crazy ideas, but thankfully, Buck had Connie.

First Flames
Jeff Stone
Would they, or wouldn't they?

Gunworld
Matthew Harrison
A look at an unrestrained life with weapons.

Quark Evolution
Denny E. Marshall
A message brings unexpected consequences.

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

Chambered Whispers
Alexis Child

Haiku
Denny E. Marshall

Karl Miller
Ron Larson

Mao Had It Partially Correct
Richard Tornello

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Articles and features

Alas, there were no feature articles this month.

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