Aphelion Issue 293, Volume 28
September 2023
 
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280 Volume 27 February 2023

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Back Issues

Editorial

Serials and Long Fiction

Short Stories

Flash Fiction

Poetry and Filk Music

Features

Series


Editorial

Dan L. Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual ravings about whatever…


Serialised stories and Long Fiction

Far Down Trodden Paths
Luke D Evans
Only Lortun could defeat the Thin One … but their relationship was a shock when he finally understood it.

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Short Stories

A Die Pose City
Jason Arsenault
"Sometimes, bucking the system has unforseen side-effects…"

Música Universalis
Thomas Belton
"That’s how the Mogers had found us and how they’d taken us back to their planet for some as of yet unexplained mission. Eventually we were led into the city proper that looked more like a massive beehive than a conventional set of humanoid buildings…."

The Last Philosopher
David Baresch
"One day, the last survivor will have a visitor…"

The Mummy from Blood's Tomb
Graham Andrews
"The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings – the name is full of romance, and of all the wonders of Egypt it is the most thrilling to the imagination. Here in this lonely valley head, from every sound of life, guarded by the Horn, the highest peak in the Theban hills, which like a natural pyramid above, lay buried thirty or more Egyptian kings, amongst them the greatest Egyptian ever knew…"

Forget Me Knot
David Barber
"When the village woke that morning, no one remembered Goodwife Axelrod's husband…"

Space Ride
Abbott Seldon
"This is war!” said Dr. Autry Brooks, viewing the Earth two hundred miles below through his optic zoomer…."

The Gluttonous Eye
Corinna Underwood
"The sun was tangerine segment sinking into a bed of marshmallow as Holden stepped from the driver’s seat and held open the door for his employer. Though her cat-walk stride never faltered, he could tell that behind the dark glasses, she was hiding a secret desire. Hurrying was not in Eloise’s nature. Other people hurried things along for her so that she could retain her languid pace. In the car, she slipped off her glasses and let out an almost imperceptible sigh. Holden adjusted the rearview mirror, so it captured Eloise’s blackberry eyes and passion fruit lips. She knew. She was avoiding him deliberately. It was all part of the foreplay…"

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Flash Fiction

A New Eden
David Rudd

Dead Man Walking
Kieran Ryan

I'm A Superhero
Christopher T. Dabrowski

I kill a Fly, I kill a Mosquito
Christopher T. Dabrowski

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Poetry and Filk Music

Communicator
Simon MacCulloch

Coyolxāuhqui 3000
Juan Manuel Perez

Dancing Into Her Lover's Dream
Gary Davis

Eldritch Spirits
Brian Barnett

Human Head
Amit Parmessur

It Crushes Our Sins
David Baresch

The Mermaid's Song
Stephanie Smith

The Pistol Star
Kenneth Vincent Walker

Quest
LindaAnn LoSchiavo

The Star Within
Meg Smith

caress
ayaz daryl nielsen

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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 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.

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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