Aphelion Issue 301, Volume 28
December 2024 / January 2025
 
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Flash Fiction
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Editorial

Dan L. Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serials and Long Fiction

The Baksy
Dinara Smidt
Alma and her demon companion set out to rid a village of a monster. They got more of a challenge than they expected.

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Short Stories

The Eighty-Seventh Try
Brad Kelechava
The story of the real hero of Galentia.

Chronicles of Death
Alexis Riley
Before you leave, you are entitled to one final request. You can and will ask one single thing of me with exceptions. I cannot restore your life. I do not know where you are headed next. I will not kill anyone so they can ‘join you in death’. I reserve the right to deny any request that I find unreasonable. What is it that you want?

The House on North Lane
Swagato Chakraborty
Someone affluent used to own the house in the past, who exactly no one knew, and since the family left the town it had been like this. At least that was the common belief.

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Flash Fiction

The Nude
by Nikhil Kshirsagar

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

The Binary Star
Meg Smith

Jonathan Harker and the Brides of Dracula
Jean Jones

Thou Art the Crown of Thorns
Alexis Child

In The Beginning There Was A Thought
Richard Tornello

The Change That Comes
Jean Jones

To Be Kept In The Librarian's Poison Cupboard
Theresa C. Gaynord

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Articles and features

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