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Issue 89 Volume 09 February 2005

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Editorial

Dan Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serialised stories and Long Fiction

The Human Cost
Jon Wesick
Still haunted by abandoning the woman he loved at the massacre on Epsilon Eridani IV, Interstellar Navy veteran Arjuna Matthew Diebold tries to make a new life as a private investigator. With the help of Colonel Tanaka, Matthew's love escapes an alien POW camp and flees to Tau Ceti II. Now Matthew must help find the fugitives, before they spread a deadly genetically engineered virus to the planet's inhabitants.

Bone Up Yar
Dan Edelman
High again on the night of his biggest gig, musician Jechiel Andrade confronts demons, both internal and the kind that eat souls.

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Short Stories

Danice
Shelly Wass
There's nothing like dying to put your life into perspective. Danice only wishes that Victor would show her still-warm body a little more kindness and respect than he did while she was alive.

Followed By Fire
J. Alan Brown
Melody Burnside had been captivated by fire when she was younger, until the sting of an errant spark had turned fascination into wary respect. But fire still found her irresistible…

Search.Destroy.Deceive.
Tim C. Taylor
Joel was the best there was at the nasty business of sabotage and assassination. New toys based on technology from the future only made him better. So how was Oskar, a relative novice, giving him so much trouble?

Skywatchers
K. Bannerman
The end of the world — that's what Sadie Thorpe's dreams had showed her, night after night. Then the TV news said that her dreams had almost come true — a rock as big as Texas had slipped by, far too close for comfort. But Sadie never dreamed of what happened next …

Soul Searching
Phill Murray
In this excerpt from an unpublished (so far) novel, Phill Murray shows us that there's more than one way to 'time travel'. Some methods involve crystalline THC, linear accelerators, and … cookies.

The Hounds of the Five Boroughs
Brian C. Petroziello
New York detectives Minelli and Mulhearn are back on the job. This time, they're chasing down the source of the eerie howling that is driving the dogs of the Big Apple wild — and may be connected to a string of seemingly unrelated deaths.

The Snake, the Bald Man, and the Baby
Greg Guerin
Marooned on a hostile planet, elite expeditionist Newen Newenfound had to depend on his New Zealander strength of will to survive. But after two long years, help was finally on its way — just not the help he had been expecting.

Visions
Tain L. Barzso
Disease had stolen Samantha's life. Now Stephan, with the aid of the world's most sophisticated quantum computer, would bend time and reality to get her back.

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Poetry and Filk Music

Awakening
Andrew Wheeler

Four Angles / Four Eyes
Gary Crawford

Happy Entrails
J R Salling

Red Mist
Iain Muir

What the Traveller Saw
Gary Crawford

Iain also put together his idea of 2004's best poetry. Perhaps a brief intro to it would be in order:

"Poetry is extremely subjective, and works on the resonance between reader and author. In selecting what I view as the best of 2004's poetry, I have been bound a couple of self-imposed rules:

  1. The Editorial Mafia are barred — unless they were not mafiosi at the time of publishing
  2. I have excluded several very good pieces which I sought out from the authors, rather than receiving as submissions - I figure I'm biased.
  3. I have tried to limit the selections to one per author — if someone has been prolific this year, I've tried to pick what I think is their "best" piece.
  4. All choices are mine, they are subjective, and feel free to argue with them.
  5. It's good to be the editor."

Iain

The Artistry of Punishment
Gary Crawford

Coming Home
Gareth Lynn Powell

Flying Again
Danny Erin

My Children
Ron Bruno

Recollections of a Gentleman
Mike Rasmussen

Tech's Lament
Steven Utley

When Hell Freezes Over
Rev Theresa Jackson

Wreck
Steven McDonald

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