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Issue 77 Volume 07 December 2003 / January 2004

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Editorial

Dan Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serialised stories and Long Fiction

Remivores
McCamy Taylor
"I am not quite sure whether I am dreaming or remembering, whether I have lived my life or dreamed it. Just as dreams do, memory makes me profoundly aware of the unreality, the evanescence of the world, a fleeting image in the moving water."
—Eugène Ionesco

The Butterfly Collector
Kenneth O'Brien
Samuel Caburrosso spreads the word for his Church. But The Word has left him. Then, an old friend appears on the scene — with a secret that will change Sam's life forever.

The Followers of the Light
Sonny Meadows
When the prize possession of the Great Wyrm is stolen the world is sent into chaos. But the revenge of the Wyrm is the least of the world's worries…

The Nord
Cameron Neilson
Dead or living, he was prepared for both, but the truth was he preferred the dead. Sure, the creatures were gruesome to look upon, and often the mere smell of their steaming rotten bodies made him retch, but the dead couldn't pull a trigger.

The Best of 2003—Serialised stories and Long Fiction

Forlorn
Jeff Williams
Kyle Halcyon, only scion of Ulysses and Lydia Halcyon, boarded Starry Night at the Port of Stars, the last place on the continent before land gave way to ocean. What awaited him was beyond even his powers of imagination…

That Darn Squid God — Sample Chapters!
Nick Pollotta & James Clay
Stepping from a horse-drawn carriage into the thick mist, Professor Felix Einstein paused on the sidewalk to briefly consult the small glass globe in his hand. Trapped in the middle of the crystalline sphere was a mummified Egyptian tarantula that remained motionless under his hard scrutiny, and the professor relaxed at the sign that there was no evil magic in the immediate vicinity. At least, for the moment.
Look for an Aphelion Review of the complete novel, soon!

The Questors
Frederick Rustam

Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six

Questor Institute is a new, experimental technical school where bright-but-poor high-school graduates on full scholarships spend two years seeking to become wizards of Internet sorcery studying the science and philosophy of information retrieval from textual databases such as the World Wide Web.

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Short Stories

Dark Matters
Robert Moriyama
Al Majius new spell goes awry (again), sending him and Githros on a perilous adventure (again).

Doctor Kulik's Folly
Colin Harvey
Sometimes scientists, in their very efforts to avoid contaminating the experiment, make things even worse.

Elfenwurl
Donald Sullivan
Willy O'Toole's story ends not far from where it begins, but oh what a ride!

Fortune From Time
David L. Erickson
When Wayne teamed up with a time travelling criminal, he quickly amassed a fortune. It all turned sour when he caught a virus in the twenty-fifth century.

Pixie Dusting
Susan Buckner
Pixie dusting is the last thing farmers do every year before the snow falls. This story illustrates why it is so important to get it done.

The Forty-Eighth Ronin
Francis Eaden
When two legendary characters come face-to-face, there is hell to pay!

The White Lady
Darren Joy
A traditional, epic fantasy by a new contributor to Aphelion.

The Best of 2003—Short Stories

Chat Room
Owen James Handford
We know that machine intelligence is impossible, don't we? After all, a computer that complex would cover the entire planet!

Four's a Crowd
E.S. Strout
When a crew of intrepid space explorers reach the edge of the universe, they are amazed what they find, but the real surprise awaits them when they return.

Last Man Standing
L.G. Carrillo
Trevor finds himself far from home in a world left in ruins, perhaps the Last Man Standing after a nuclear exchange involving the U.S., Korea, and China.

Saint Valentine's Day
McCamy Taylor
Marnie was born and trained to kill; a natural warrior. When she rebelled, the authorities were determined to get her back.

The Case of Donald Phelps
Cameron Neilson
Enter into the mind of Donald Phelps.

The Killer's Choice
John Biggs
Sometimes the only significance of a man's life consists of one single act.

The Treasure of Agrinothe
Sharon Partington
Brak of Calmor was the best thief in the Thirty Kingdoms. How then, did he end up in the dungeons of Sgaithe? Easy…it was all part of his master plan.

Unsung Heroes
Mizu Ash

He used to send out agents to adjust timelines, but now he's retired and wants to check the impact he had made on the probable histories of the human race.

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Poetry and Filk Music

There was no new Poetry or Filk in this issue

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Articles and features

The Pollwatchers!
Cary Semar
Aphelion's Cary Semar turns his eye towards the political scene in this new feature!

The Writing Process
Dan L. Hollifield
An article on the way I create my fiction, as well as proofread and revise it for publication using the internet as a tool…

Dan Hollifield Previews:
"Wonderfalls"

The new FOX TV series!

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