Aphelion Issue 301, Volume 28
December 2024 / January 2025
 
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Flash Fiction
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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 Lure of the Trail
Matt Spencer
Sent on a mission under false pretenses, Tia and her twin brother Katz survive treachery.

Closed, Please Come Tomorrow
Yuliia Vereta
If only he'd followed the label warnings…

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Short Stories

Guinea Vitae
R. D. Harris
A troubled succession.

The Shaking
J. E. Deegan
Doanville faces a problem of some magnitude (Earthquake joke).

The Sum of His Parts
Jeff Parsons
Spider (or, excuse me, Aubrey) makes first contact.

This Story is Entirely in Black and White
Joe Jablonski
Melvin never saw the color green again.

Thomas
David Smith
Consult with your doctor if you have chest pains, headaches, or see mysterious floating figures after your procedure.

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Flash Fiction

Tourniquet
Theresa C. Gaynord

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

Faithless Star
Meg Smith

Hand Held Friend Forever
Robert Treybur

A Metaphysical/Theological Trilogy
Richard Tornello

On Aether’s Favorite Horse
Theresa C. Gaynord

Silence
Theresa C. Gaynord

The Biggest Drug Dealer in Town
Jean Jones

The Mansion at Russian Creep
Fadrian Bartley

‘Til Hell Freezes Over
ayaz daryl nielsen

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Articles and features

Alas, there were no feature articles this month.