Issue 270 Volume 26 March 2022
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Editorial
Dan L. Hollifield
The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…
Serials and Long Fiction
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The Devil Lit My
Cigarette
Penny Page
The Devil was offering everything Jeanette could ever want… or at least, he was trying to make her think so.
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Short Stories
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Tears For The Gifted
S. A. Locket
A gift, or a curse? That is the question…
Embracing Eternity
Charles E.J. Moulton
Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to let go…
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A Strange Reversal
Lisa Voorhees
The shoe is never comfortable when placed on the wrong foot…
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The Soulbird Pendant
N. C. Smith
Everything you know can be upended in a single instant. But something once forgotten, can be remembered…
The Warrior of Ellyul
Jonah Lissner
The royal family not only of Ellyul but throughout the Western Shemirian kingdoms hailed Prince Althai son of Eldan after his
securing of the Scepter and Crown of Formaldeus from the Dire Thakkar and his minion hordes…
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Flash Fiction
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
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Articles and features
Streaming Chat Shows
At the links below you can find archives of the live-streaming chat shows run by the Director of HallowCon and
myself. WARNING: Contains Language!
Showrunner: Joe McKeel
This show is best described as a group of friends hanging out at a science fiction/fandom convention in the hotel lobby/bar and
chatting with everyone that walks up. We may even have a guest or two. We start out with no topic. We spend two hours chatting and reading
comments. Many times we never know what we will talk about but we cover many topics. Many times a viewer tosses out a comments and we will
chase it down the rabbit hole.
But rest assured we had fun and hopefully you do too.
Brought to you by Hallowcon, Stupid O'clock, and Rising Tide Productions.
Showrunner: Dan L. Hollifield
A late night, after-hours chat show. The guests featured are SF&F writers, artists, musicians, comic book creators, SMOFs, and
members of fandom in general.
Usually, It either starts off slow and boring and picks up speed as guests join in, or it continues on at full speed from whatever
discussion was in progress on Stupid O'clock when that show ended. This thing can go on for hours once it gets rolling. Guests are
welcome to join at any time, but trolls will be punted for field goals. The content is somewhat PG, or even more adult, but is intended to be
entertainment for reasonably adult audiences.
Brought to you by Aphelion Webzine, Hallowcon, Stupid O'clock, and Rising Tide Productions.
All music composed and copyrighted by Dan L. Hollifield, 2022.
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