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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

Hermes Out of Hades
Jason Arsenault
When the locals tell you to leave a sacred site alone, maybe you should listen.

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Short Stories

Fire Brother
Susan Anwin
In situations like this, it's best to leave matchmaking to the professionals.

First Bite
Jeff Dosser
She's riding that old white horse; or, in this case, the old white spaceship.

Mechanical Garden
Claire Fitzpatrick
There is no life inside the void.

Recipe for a Love Spell
Laurel Beckley
Love is in the air! And if it isn't, a little magic will fix that right up.

Sanction
Martin Westlake
Treason? That'll cost you an arm and a leg.

Some Otherwhere, Some Otherwhen
Ishmael Soledad
A window (or a portal?) to the past.

Sum Of All Changes
Tomasz Jarząb
Just two hundred million more…

The Alley
Gene Turchin
The cold is like some kind of persistent demon.

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Flash Fiction

Lothar’s Head
William Squirrell
Be careful what you ask for.

Buck’s Moonbase Theory
C. E. Gee
Our resident Conspiracy Theorist explains the militarisation of the moon.

That Thing Lurking Over There
Alexander D Jones
Things that go 'bump' in the night…

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 Prayer for Science
Richard Tornello

Damaged Gods
Alexis Child

A Gentle Ghost
Ron Larson

SciFaiku
John Hawkhead

The Last Perfect Day
Meg Smith

Walking the Shoreline
Denny E. Marshall

SciFaiku
Rafał Zabratyński

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Articles and features

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