Aphelion Issue 301, Volume 28
December 2024 / January 2025
 
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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

Best Before
Douglas Cuff
This is the tale of meeting your younger self, and learning how literally your children are your replacement on the planet.

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Short Stories

Children and Fools
Iain Stark
Sort of a reverse Rumplestiltskin situation. Be careful who you tell the truth to…

Resting Time
Chere Taylor
I have to speak to a stupid school puh-sychartist once a week cause everybody thinks I'm still scared.

Tesla's Nightmare
Charles E. J. Moulton
The untold final hours of Nikola Tesla's life.

The Boy with Strange Eyes
Thomas Davison
when he arrived at 'The Island' they named him "Hen'na-me", which in the Island tongue denoted 'strange eyes'.

The Hurry Up Lube Job Hero
Charis Emanon
Reggie had a tale practically bursting to get out of him.

The Tree
Tanya Petrova
Sophie needed someone to check her homework.

World's End
Leslie Edens
A tale of witch lights and sinkholes, told 'round a fire.

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Flash Fiction

Patient Patience
David Far

A Pickup In 2850
Christopher T. Dabrowski

Breasts To Kill For
Christopher T. Dabrowski

Death
Christopher T. Dabrowski

Like an Indian
Christopher T. Dabrowski

Old Friends
Christopher T. Dabrowski

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

Back to the Asylum
Alexis Child

Early to Bed… Late to Rise
Gary W. Davis

The Kindred
Theresa C. Gaynord

The Moon of Thin Waters
Meg Smith

We Are What We Do
Jean Jones

Murderer
Alexis Child

A Stranger in My House
Jean Jones

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Articles and features

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