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Issue 211 Volume 20 October 2016

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Editorial

Dan L. Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serials and Long Fiction

Six Thegn Quean, Episode Four
David Ulnar-Slew
…in which we find out what the Eoten had been so intent on guarding — a horrific threat, now active and at large…

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Short Stories

Bared
Benjamin Sonneberg
Don't mess with the sacred totem poles.

Bot Babe
C.E. Gee
And the robots shall rise up.

Jamie's Revenge
George T. Philibin
Sometimes all you need is a little help from your friends.

Seven Rules to a Martian Jailbreak
Christina "DZA" Marie
Robin knows she's going to regret breaking her gardener's cousin out of jail.

Speaker to Animals
Phil Temples
A man can speak to animals, but does that mean he can to speak to aliens?

The Wheel
David Alan Jones
Peace is equality.

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Flash Fiction

A Legalistic Thing Called Love
Daniel Clausen
He would do it. He would own 'love.'

Kevin 7-B2
Denny E. Marshall
After death, Douglas found himself with a lonely robot that drank too much.

Lady Luck
Ryan D. Harris
Sometimes, you have to look for a silver lining.

Retribution
Ioana Visan
He wanted payback against her and the thing attached to her.

The Anniversary
M.N. Tarrint
It was a very important date to remember.

The Lighthouse
Hallie M. Smith
At the end of it all, he turned to the lighthouse's beacon.

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

The Door
Ron Larson

Haiku
Denny E. Marshall

Unrequited in Space
Will H. Blackwell Jr.

Listen to Our Fellows' Screams
Debarun Sarkar

First Known Encounter in the Mariana Trench
Daniel R. Jones

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Articles and features

Alas, there were no feature articles this month.

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