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Issue 276 Volume 26 September 2022

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Editorial

Dan L. Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serials and Long Fiction

Best Friend in Greyworld
Glenn M. Diamond
Due to lack of new submissions, we have a rerun this month—one of my old favorites. Enjoy!

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Short Stories

The Tale of Ernil
Emma Dainty
Destiny. Can't live with it, can't live without it… But, can it be altered?

From Ares To Ishtar
Gregory Cioffi
How the hell did Xander wind up on Venus? It all started with a woman, in a bar, on Mars… Or did it?

The Fall Of Rune
C. B. Droege
Sometimes, your better nature is wrong. Then, you have to go fix things…

Time Capsule Hunters
K. A. Williams
You can spend your life opening time capsules, attempting to learn about other civilizations, and that's a good thing… Usually…

Time Gatherer
David Baresch
Prometheus gave Mankind the gift of fire. Have you ever wondered EXACTLY why he was punished for that? The Law of Unintended Consequences, perhaps?

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Flash Fiction

Aliens Have Dads, Too
Brooks C. Mendell

Does John Gilbert Exist?
Christopher T. Dabrowski

Forget Me Knot
David Barber

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

Alternate Scene
S. T. Eleu

Alternate Universe of a Forgotten Vampire
Gary Davis

Cutting a Deal with the Ruler of the Megabots
Indranil Ghosh

Forest
Andrew Kolarik

Repositorye for the Childe of a VVitch
Finn McCool

Resistance
Sam Barbee

The Cranberry Bog
Kenneth Vincent Walker

The House With No Door
Alexis Child

The Last House Flies On Earth
Meg Smith

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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!

Stupid O'Clock

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 September 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.

Last Man Standing

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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