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Issue 74 Volume 07 September 2003

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Editorial

Dan Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serialised stories and Long Fiction

The Trench Crawler
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In between the trenches was no man's land, but for the trench crawler, inside the trenches was the same, if he made it so. It was his choice. That was the one thing he could revel in, in or out of the trenches. But it was difficult. Outside, he ate dirt, smelled the damp earth just to keep the bullets from scraping off his skin. All in the name of neutrality.

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Short Stories

A Matter Of Taste
Robert Moriyama
Fans of Al Majius, the madcap mage, will find a smorgasbord of delights in this toothsome tale.

Curtain Call
Shaun A. Saunders
The ancient Mayan civilisation constructed a stone calendar which spanned the centuries from 3113 BC to 2011 AD. The significance of these dates is not known.

Luna Park
Alex Shternshain
When the Luna Park came to town, everything changed for Danny.

Onion Skinner
GL Schmitt
In the future, Justice will not be blindfolded, but the scales and metres of Justice still require uninfluenced interpretation.

The Spirit Stone
Sharon Partington
The lone survivor of a massacre sends Tieran on a desperate mission.

The Way Things Are
Ken Lehnig
Condemned to perpetual imprisonment on a bleak outpost of Hell, a defeated warrior race seemingly faces a future without hope.

The Writing on the Wall
Robert Starr
If you drive home the same way everyday, and then one day you change your route, are you able to shake it off or do you say to yourself: "From now on this is the way I'll always go."

Time And Again
Peter Pike
When Sheriff Garland's men found a corpse with no head and no feet, he was only too glad to receive the unsolicited help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


Poetry and Filk Music

Dragon's Breath
Kevin Zelasko

The Grove
William Bolen

The Unknown Man
Lanaia Lee

Wishful Girl
Cyrus Mahan

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Articles and features

Dan Hollifield Previews:
"Soul Music"

The animated movie of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel on DVD.
A tale of sects, dwarfs, and rock 'n' roll!

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