Aphelion Issue 301, Volume 28
December 2024 / January 2025
 
Editorial    
Long Fiction and Serials
Short Stories
Flash Fiction
Poetry
Features
Series
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Issue 265 Volume 25 September 2021

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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

Astral Years
Jonathan Worlde
A former soldier follows a story of time-travel to investigate the disappearance of his deceased friend's old love interest.

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Short Stories

Aye, Aye, Minister
David Baresch
The debate between mankind and AI begins here.

Pickled Lotus
Glenn Dungan
The main distinction between animals and humans, for Richter, at least, is the uncanny psychic ability to embrace death.

Tuscany Blackbird
Charles E. J. Moulton
Love and a Blackbird.

Neolithic
David Barber
Girt, son of Girt, the fellow admitted. Of the Stone People.

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Flash Fiction

Alas, there was no new flash fiction in this issue. Instead, we re-ran the items from December 2012

A Tale
Christopher T. Dabrowski

An Annoying Job
Christopher T. Dabrowski

A Disgraceful Disgrace
Christopher T. Dabrowski

End Times
David Barber

The Disposary
Michael Dority

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

Alas, there was no new verse in this issue. Instead, we re-ran the items from December 2012

The Reflective Forest
Theresa C. Gaynord

The Romance of Mercury
Meg Smith

Terrestrial Extinctions 101
S. T. Eleu

I Am One
Jean Jones

How Saint Anthony Helped Me Find My Soul Once Again
Theresa C. Gaynord

Universal Collision And Repair
Richard Tornello

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Articles and features

Alas, there were no feature articles this month.