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Issue 93 Volume 09 June 2005

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Editorial

Dan Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serialised stories and Long Fiction

Hurricane Music
Lea Ann Douglas
When the hurricane hits Key West, Georgie is prepared to spend the night alone in her small beach-side bar. But she doesn't count on the two other creatures who find themselves stranded in the storm and decide to seek shelter in her tavern. Georgie is forced to ride out the hurricane with the strangest customers she's ever had.

Zea
Brian Bigley
Is there ever anything simple about a contract when you're a three foot tall bounty hunter?

The Travel Agent
Jay Eckerty
"Every planet can be rebooted. "Sitting in an airport bar, a man listens to a fantastic tale about Phil, a loner whose natural world is transformed. Phil travels halfway around the world to find his answer. But, where does the story end and the real world begin?

Nightwatch: Jigsaw Creek
Robert Moriyama
Strange things are happening in the little coal mining town of Jigsaw Creek. Simon and Stephanie must find and fix the problem to avert bigger trouble—even if it's all in the townspeople's heads.
A new shared universe series: Nightwatch, under the direction of Jeff Williams.

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Short Stories

A Daughter's Choice
Nick Capo
Isabella, newly crowned Queen of Baden, must preserve the Kingdom from those who would destroy it from within. But how far must she go and how much must she risk to do so?

Another Sarah
N. J. Kailhofer
Alan did many things for his wife that he didn't want to do, but killing Sarah was something he was really looking forward to—as long as his wife didn't find out why.

Asalaamu Alaikum
Frank Byrns
Mahmoud had to put up with a lot in his beloved adopted country—thugs who lumped him in with terrorists when he was anything but, and police that were not much better. Fortunately, he had a way to work out his frustrations.

Field Trip
E. S. Strout
The Higgs boson was the theoretical key to everything—without it, matter could not exist. Dr. Leonard thought that Dr. Paula Lynch had given him a sure path to a Nobel Prize—but there was a catch.

Lady Killer
Rick Jankowski
The products offered Seifer's.com promised to make anyone—even a hapless nerd like Lawrence—irresistible to women. And they worked! Of course, there were a few side effects if you didn't pay attention to the warning labels…

No Good Deed
George J. Condon
Dylan was a thief, and a damned good one. He really didn't need the complications that came with rescuing the judge's daughter from slave-traders, but somehow he couldn't resist.

The Boy at the End of the World
Ee Pin Pang
Tim's intelligence and curiosity would take him a long way—all the way to the End of the World and all its wonders. He just wished he'd packed more underwear and snacks for the trip…

Within
Joshua Scribner
Dr. Caffer was a master of hypnotherapeutic regression. With it, he intended to uncover the horror that had left Beth Shoemaker terrified of anything to do with children. Then he would destroy it…

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Poetry and Filk Music

Accidentally Let Loose in Space
John Grey

Lessons from the Past
Terri Wachowiak

Pod People Haiku
Jivan Turner


Articles and features

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