Aphelion Issue 301, Volume 28
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Issue 229 Volume 22 June 2018

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Editorial

Dan L. Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serials and Long Fiction

The King's Bloodline: A Dragonson Story
Walter G. Esselman
A young monarch gets important lessons in good rulership.

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Short Stories

A Romantic Tale (A Natural History)
Dan Korgan
A study of birds.

From the Dust
Isabel Heynen
Anything to bring her back.

Hegemon of the Honeycart
Tony Colella
Yeah, Jurassic Park is great for tourists. But what about the janitors?

Star Thief
Susan Anwin
So, here's the thing; the North Star has gone missing.

The Auguries of Corruption
Agrippina Domanski
Just one more time. One more reunion.

The Gamble
Jeff Dosser
36 on Black, House edge. Father busts.

The Technicians of Mayhem
Glenn Diamond
Alton Trent was a fortunate man.

The Touched
John Powers
When superpowers are a curse, all you want is to live a normal life.

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Flash Fiction

Body in my Bed
Susan Anwin
Every time I get home, there's a naked body in the bed.

Rebekah's Relative
C. E. Gee
Ask Uncle Chuck, he'll tell ya…

Nineteen
Andrée Gendron
Count the gargoyles.

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 Changed Man
Ron Larson

Ashes to Ashes
Jean Jones

Metal Universe
Denny E. Marshall

Proud Mama Celebrates AI Twins
Maria DePaul

Slicing Warp Space with Occam’s Razor
Catfish McDaris

SciFaiku
Rafał Zabratyński

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Articles and features

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