Aphelion Issue 301, Volume 28
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Issue 243 Volume 23 September 2019

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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 Caretakers
Gerri Zimmerman
Sondra knew that her true home was not Earth …

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Short Stories

Forgotten Nightmare
Charles Moulton
Dream a little dream with me…

It Just Started Making this Strange Noise
Frank Hill
Now this woman ended up getting a great deal.

Mentor
H. David Blalock
I was born fifty thousand years ago, give or take a century. After a while, dates become meaningless.

Night of the Rats
Luke Tebb
There’s a turn up for the books; the cat is scared of the rodents.

Seagulls
Dmitry Kostyukevich
These things are a bit worse than crapping on your car or stealing your food.

The Aliens Among Us
Ivanka Fear
They could already be here…

The Project
George Schaade
The project began over 5000 years ago.

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Flash Fiction

At the Psychiatrist
Christopher T. Dabrowski
Talk about a Messiah complex…

Hubble Moment
Denny E. Marshall
The final frontier…

Whirlpool
Denny E. Marshall
It's all a matter of perspective, really.

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

Dark
Ivanka Fear

Durga Or Dust Bunnies Origins III
Rick Tornello

Rum Runners and Pirate Saints -
Claria, Part 1: The Birth of the Demon Fish

Theresa C. Gaynord

Sea Star Child
Meg Smith

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Articles and features

Alas, there were no feature articles this month.