Aphelion Issue 301, Volume 28
December 2024 / January 2025
 
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Short Stories
Flash Fiction
Poetry
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Issue 266 Volume 25 October 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

Locker 49, or the Volunteers
David Rogers
Fibonacci numbers and an empty locker lead a pair of friends to a terrifying encounter in a strange forest.

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Short Stories

October Swarm
Meg Smith
Everyone has a talent, and Charlotte Plesser's talent was not one she asked for, or ever sought to cultivate. Her talent was attracting bees.

Good Neighbors
Ed Ahern
It's just a little thing. It wouldn't hurt to tell…

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Flash Fiction

TheBeast
Michael Dority

Valentine’s Day Cheap Thrill
Michael Dority

On Strike!
Richard Tornello

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

An Angel Falls
Alexis Child

Dance of Cosmic Ghosts
Meg Smith

Funeral At The Louisiana Bayou
Theresa C. Gaynord

Grave New World
Alexis Child

On Halloween Night
Gary W. Davis

Jack the Reaper
Gary W. Davis

The JuJu Man
Theresa C. Gaynord

Just Chillin’
Tim Coyne

Morbidly Amusing Musings
by Kenneth Vincent Walker

The-Flutter-By-Effect
Kenneth Vincent Walker

The Starry Midnight Whispers
by Alexis Child

What Dracula Represents
Jean Jones

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Articles and features

Alas, there were no feature articles this month.