Issue 279 Volume 26 December 2022 - January 2023
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Editorial
Dan L. Hollifield
The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…
Serials and Long Fiction
The Hyperspace Ideas
George Schaade
The universe is full of great ideas … if you're willing to risk going after them.
***Best Long Fiction of 2022***
Selected by Long Fiction Editor Lester Curtis
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The Hyperspace Ideas
George Schaade
The universe is full of great ideas … if you're willing to risk going after them.
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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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Five Cent Pictures
Joel Doonan
A band of American Indians in the Old West discover a flying saucer…
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Short Stories
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The Minister of Interaction
David Baresch
Communication is supposed to facilitate understanding, not obfuscate it—but sometimes…
Memo from the Apocalypse
L. H. Phillips
Our subjects at Miskatonic University were mostly supplied from mental institutions all over the country, indigent patients
lacking concerned families that might raise embarrassing questions being greatly preferred…
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In The Arms Of Morpheus
Timothy Wilkie
Good night and goodbye to earth’s sweet dreams as I calmly laid in the arms of Morpheus…
The Nicky Nicks Show
George Schaade
Everyone loves Nicky Nicks…
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The Last Super-Speed Raceway
Sergio ente per ente Palumbo
A Mare Inebrium Story
After all, she was Zylah Enkwo and her name, and her features, were well known in space, at least in her very valuable
field…
Tapetum Lucidum
T.J. Matthews
Gifts can come with a price attached…
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Best Short Stories of 2022
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The Freezing
Vismay Harani
Snakes. That's what she first thought when she looked out of the viewport. Gigantic metal snakes that curled and coiled as
they traversed under the ice….
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…"
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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…
Miracle Men
D. J. Rout
Sometimes, miracles do happen. But if that's all that EVER happens?
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Now That You're Dead
Daniel Burnbridge
Talk about those "call center spam-callers" never giving up…
Breadcrumbs
John E. DeLaughter
It's easy to get lost. The trick is to figure out HOW you got lost so that you can find your way back again…
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Flash Fiction
Goldblood
Nicholas Schroeder
The Best Flash Fiction of 2022
The term "Best" is a subjective one. These are the tales that the Editor liked best from the
short short fiction submitted this year.
Your mileage may differ. Product may settle during shipping. Void where prohibited by law.
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
War Dance
Alexis Child
The Best Poetry of 2022
As we lock the stargate chevrons to leave another exceedingly weird year behind us, Ye Editor would like to remind
you that the term "best" is subjective… These are the poems that Ye Editor liked best from the poetry
submissions this year.
Your mileage may differ. Product may settle during shipping. Void where prohibited by law.
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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 October 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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