Sunrise
Jordana Slayer
A desperate obsession with an apathetic human girl has unexpected and disastrous consequences.

Lamak Dying
E. Markham
On an ordinary day in Lamak three travellers paths cross. One will discover a half forgotten history, one will fulfil their destiny, and one will determine the fate of an entire city.

Nightwatch: The Orion Affair
Dan L. Hollifield
A phone call in the night leads Dr. Simon Litchfield into a headlong rush towards danger.
A new shared universe series: Nightwatch, under the direction of Jeff Williams.

Flight of the Starhawk
-Part 1-          -Part 2-          -Part 3-
Tony Ragas
As a teenager, Josh had wanted to fly to the stars. As an adult, he ended up with an oilfield job and a portfolio of hopeless dreams stashed away on his PC's hard drive. Alcoholism and depression ate away at him and drove him to spend lonely nights pondering his existence. Then he met an alien on the riverbank one night. An alien with a machine that created objects out of raw matter and energy. Even complex objects like components for starships!

Bandit
Robert D. Buckingham
Way up north, on the DEW line, our fighting men are ready for anything. And, sometimes, they get it.

Bicycle Mike
Mark Knight
“Dave has to die,” the little demon said from Mike’s left eye.

Campout
Ron Bruno
Memories can play tricks on you.

Fright Reaction
Joshua Scribner
“It’s been a year since Kendra died,” he’d said. “Stop drowning yourself in work and get away for a while, go up to that cabin you used to talk about. Remember her. Mourn. Then come back.”

Jumping Off Point
Robert Starr
“Look,” I say, “no one really understands anyone. We just relate to the roles we play. You can only understand who I’m trying to be if I make it simple for you.”

Never Ask Why
Ezra T. Gray
"A flash of light appeared above the small carpeted stand. A split second later Roger appeared. Helen and Winston were quite shocked."

Night Glow
William Baxter
When the world changes, not everyone receives the benefits.

Shalan
George J. Condon
What price would you pay for immortality?

The Floating City
Jason Beirens
"I have been waiting for a champion, or champions to face me. I have been waiting to be destroyed. I am so very tired, tired of it all."

Helen Damnation
Robert Moriyama
In the Port Armstrong lunar colony, criminals beware: Helen Damnation McKay has no patience for sinners.

Catch A Burning Star
Gareth Lyn Powell
Nick Malik had done some rotten things to survive, but on the eve of Armageddon he found he owed a debt he could not ignore, even if it cost him his life.

Beyond Sapiens
Noel Carroll
I hate putting this down on electronic paper because, in doing so, I concede failure for the first time in my short life at the time of this recording, I am nineteen years old. I suppose I should also state that I am the biological mother of hundreds of children, all under two years of age.

A Path of Ramble and Mist
Jaimie L. Elliot
When Jeremy opened his door to find a mysterious robed figure, a mailed warrior, and a woman dressed like Xena waiting, he knew it was going to be an unusual day.

Absolution
Jim Rudnick
Miguel was a pick-pocket who had committed a terrible sin. Only the priest could save him from damnation.

Eternity
Zahid Zaman
A woman finds herself trapped in a dream world where she faces terror as she searches for someone she lost.

Old Business
Robert Starr
He knew what he had to say to be free, but somehow he could never bring himself to say it.

The Customer is Always Right
Bill Wolfe
All things come to they who wait—Even if they wait forever.

There was no new Poetry or Filk in this issue

The Pollwatchers!
Cary Semar
Cary Semar turns his eye towards the political scene…