The Hyde Virus
C. J. Burch
In the post-apocalyptic city of San Lou, a meta-human bounty hunter called Angie Dupree is hired to find a bail-jumping ogre. She is soon plunged into the center of a battle between those who would destroy the world and those who would enslave it.

Down the Line
Shalane L Weidow
The tourists visiting the old train station heard a surprising tale, but the biggest surprise was reserved for the tour guide.

One Quiet Desert Night
Cameron Neilson
A quiet desert night and a stranger lead to a vigil that can end only in a living death.

Some Quiet Rest
Robert Starr
The wind was circling the trailer, shaking the sides like a spoiled child trying to guess at the gift in a wrapped box and bashing itself maniacally against the only window…

The Foundling
Angeline Hawkes-Craig
An 18th century Foundling hospital is the scene of an unspeakable horror and a discovery most foul.

The Girl in the Pear Tree
McCamy Taylor
For every baby born, an angel baby is born.

Two Little Magic Words
Barbara Blann
Six months after she married David, Stephanie knew she had made a mistake. By then it was too late, for either of them.

This issue re-presented the poetry from October 2000

A Challenge to Aphelion's poets and writers of Doggerel!

December is nearly upon us, and I feel the need to spread some holiday cheer! Send me musings on the alien S'ant ak Lause, send me tales of the perils of drinking too much warm milk and eating too many cookies in a single night, send me musings on the TRUE meaning of Channukah, but mostly, send me holiday poems!

The best (or worst!) will grace these pages in December. Hoist your glasses of eggnog, and get writing! - Iain