Issue 272 Volume 26 May 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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Sweetheart
John Ross
Even a vampire needs the love of his mother.
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Short Stories
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Bay Girl
Ruth Niemiec
Some "gifts" come with unexpected costs. It's never wise to use an innocent person to your own advantage. Even for a
good reason…
Creatures In The Cave
David Smith
A change is going to come. But lasting change only comes from within. Sometimes though, you need a little help…
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I Think, Therefore I Am
Geoff Nelder
What makes us human often comes down to a very narrow set of parameters…
Cooking with Könyve
Simon Smith
For András, cooking was a passion, as well as a family tradition…
The Sky Daughter
Meg Smith
Curiosity can be an inherited trait. Or should that be "a family curse?"
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The Best Show Ever
Ray Prew
Sometimes, it's more than "just a jump to the left." It gets personal. As well as; "best served
cold…"
When All The Whales Are Dead
Kilmo
The more things change, the more they stay the same…
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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
The Explorer Trilogy Book Two: The
Survivor
Garrett Carroll
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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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