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Issue 221 Volume 21 September 2017

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Archives Editorial Serials and Long Fiction Poetry and Filk Music Short Stories Flash Fiction Features Series

Editorial

Dan L. Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serials and Long Fiction

The Ghosts of Barafel
Rory Angus
When the city of Barafel was overwhelmed by attackers, only one little boy could communicate with the ghosts and ask them for revenge.

The Best Long Fiction of the First Twenty Years

The Voices of Angels
Gil Miller
What is the noise down the pond that keeps disturbing the sleep of Harvey, a 78 year old retired farmer? And why does he keep hearing the voice of his dead wife?

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Short Stories

Neil's Touchstone
C.E. Gee
There all all kinds of hidden treasures on a dig, and sometimes the best ones are at home…

Three Three Equals Destiny
Kelly Sauvage Angel
There are occasions when you realize you should have gone through the pockets of the suit you just donated to charity. And, you have a teenager…

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Flash Fiction

Evil Inside
Hareendran Kallinkeel
When evil arrives, where can safety be found?

Kitty Litter
R.D. Harris
Some jobs are just a little too hazardous…

The Construction Job
Denny E. Marshall
Some mysteries aren't exactly what they seem at first glance.

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

Just Around the Corner
Steven J. Jacobson

little ogre with an issue
ayaz daryl nielsen

Pictorial Space
Jonathan Beale

Soylent Green
Jean Jones

Undercover
Denny E. Marshall

Please Send Me A Star
Uduak Whill Uwah

On Dying
Sebastian Popescu

A Tough Tussle
Ron Larson

On Being Held Up
Richard Tornello

Wandering Stars
Ndifreke George

The Best Poetry of the First Twenty Years
2011-2012

Earthbound
Stephen Jarrell Williams

In the Year 4000
John Grey

Report On The Recent Excavations At Norwich
David Barber

I’m Sorry, But…
Stuart Sharp

The Time Traveller's Guide To Jane Austin
David Barber

Your Life as a Genetic Holding Pattern
Bill Wolfe

Peg Powler
Richard H. Fay

How Old Am I?
Brian S. Lingard

Out Of Africa
David Barber

The Devil Speaks
Jean Jones

Renaissance ((Man))
Robin B. Lipinski

Scowboys
Richard Tornello

Blameless
Elizabeth Einspanier

I Like to Play
Robin B. Lipinski

A Goblin's Work Is Never Done
Stuart Sharp

The Were-Wife
Jim Gardner

The Robots in Gomorrah
John M. Marshall

A Temporary Bargain
Richard Tornello

Growth Is Pain
Alex Dodo Niculae

True Prophecy
Lee Morris

Guests
Clinton Van Inman

God Particle
Mike Berger

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Articles and features

The Best Mare Inebrium Tales from Our First Twenty Years

Sam Spade Ain't Nearly Dead Enough
Bill Wolfe
"My secretary, Page, calls these bread and butter cases. Me, I call 'em boring. But don't take that the wrong way. I like boring. I've had enough excitement to last me couple'a lifetimes. All I'm doing is tailing some rich guy's wife to see what she's up to. Any Private Dick anywhere in the Stream would recognize the drill in a heartbeat…"

Deus Ex Machina
Wishbone
You'd would think that having proved that some planet's major deity was actually an alien Sociology Professor would be enough for one student's lifetime. But now Robert Landis had to survive the wrath of the disillusioned natives he'd "inconvenienced" with his secular revelation.

Time Loves A Hero
John Shanahan
The Eternal Champion was eternally sick and tired of fighting the Forces of Chaos. So when the Powers that Be materialize him in the Mare Inebrium, he's just a little cranky.

The Door Of Renown
Jaimie L. Elliott
"The games people play is as nothing when compared to what deities can get up to the the Mare Inebrium's Pantheon Room… Gods and heroes and writers- Oh my! "