A Parasite! Christopher T. Dabrowski Exterminators on a routine clean-up job Bytes Won't Bite? Rafał Zabratyński Can an AI write haiku?

Ejection C. E. Gee A new take on the big bang theory

Pappy’s Trip C. E. Gee As MacArthur said… The Replacement R. Gene Turchin Is it my fault if I'm an early adopter?

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

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Superpower S. T. Eleu Ursa Major Meg Smith

YES Richard Tornello