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Editorial

Dan L. Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serials and Long Fiction

Six Thegn Quean, Episode Five
David Ulnar-Slew
If there's anything more fun than a Kobal, it's two of them.

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Short Stories

Beyond Scope
R.W. Warwick
Commander Wye loved making First Contact, but this time it did not go as planned.

Fair Winds
T.D. Minton
The war rages on while Captain Ainsworth recovers.

Fog-People
Susan Anwin
What Cælin wants more than anything is to pass through the forbidden Fog.

Fur Flying
Walter G. Esselman
When the wolves are threatened, Pavataro and Gideon come to the rescue.

The Takeover
Graham Catt
Sandy's new bosses seem a little fishy.

Time-Stealers
Frazer MacDonald
Jason takes the medication for anxiety, but the things he can see now…

We Belong Together
S.J. Budd
Sophie just wanted a new start and a normal, happy life.

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Flash Fiction

Ducks
Denny E. Marshall
Aliens come visiting, but not as one might expect.

Reborn
C.E. Gee
The defense of Europa fell to one last squad of battlebots.

Slide Ruler
Joey To
It was ok for a while, but now enough was enough.

The Cool Zombie
Ron Larson
As it turned out, even the Devil hated efficiency.

The Dichotomist
Kai Calo
The piano turned out to be the most precious thing in the universe.

The Old Astronaut
Charles E.J. Moulton
Gordon was coming to the end of it, which was just the beginning.

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

He's Right Behind You
Rob Wynne

I See Brahma's Dreams
Carl Wade Thompson

Haiku
Denny E. Marshall

Miscellany
J. D. DeHart

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Articles and features

Alas, there were no feature articles this month.

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