Aphelion Issue 301, Volume 28
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Editorial

Dan L. Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual rants about whatever…


Serials and Long Fiction

Beast from the Dim
J. Eckert Lytle
Gary survived the ordeal, killed the monster, and got paid. Too bad nothing's ever that easy.

Against All Odds
Dan L. Hollifield
What do you do when you're outgunned and outnumbered thousands to one? Why, you get another statue, of course!

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Short Stories

Can You Hear Their Triumphant Howl?
John K. Webb
Light the candle and remember them, every night.

Dragon Fodder
J. Eckert Lytle
Fred needed something to keep him going, but dragons? He thought it was nonsense.

Heaven-121
Ryan Sexton
Kevin was in a bad situation, so when Evangeline offered him an escape, he took it.

Insider's Report
Roderick D. Turner
You've trained for this. Get in there and find out what the device can do.

My Little Birds
Mark Altenhofen
What would have been a normal morning is interrupted by feathered intruders.

Sex in the Afterlife
Stephen Faulkner
A lesson in love from beyond the grave.

The Harlequin Girl
David Cleden
The strange juggler seemed to know so much about the mists of Far Lake. She also seemed his only hope.

Unexpected Opportunity
Jeffrey Yorio
The alien craft was right in front of him, and he marvelled at his luck.

Venus Forms
Brian W. Ball
All Shannon wanted was a normal life. The voice inside her wanted something else.

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Flash Fiction

Apocalypse Not Now
William E. Overton
Just want to make sure Armageddon this striaght!

Destroy the Beast
Wayne Haroutunian
Wait, What? Oh no!

Never Before Seen
Chris Sharp
They embraced the new arrivals and took them right in.

Static
Andrew Condouris
Creating your own end means looking where you should not look.

Travelers
Botond Teklesz
Sometimes manifest destiny isn't all that great.

The Aphelion Flash Fiction Contest

We run a monthly flash fiction contest in the "Fun and Games" folder in Aphelion's forum. In the contest we post a challenge with a specific theme and genre and participants write a flash story based on the challenge guidelines. The contest is a great place to hone your writing skills, meet some fellow writers, receive some feedback, and possibly win a prize. New participants are always welcome. Submissions for the contest are done through the forum. Flash stories from all of our previous contest challenges are archived in the forum as well.

Over 500 stories are included in our archive. To start reading some of these great flash stories, check out either Index 1 or Index 2.

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Poetry and Filk Music

What the Angel of Death was reading
Jean Jones

Being Human
Vaibhav Mukim

Everybody's Ready for the Big New Crypt
J. D. DeHart

Crossed Wires
Robin B. Lipinski

The Cyclops
Eric Robert Nolan

Falsehoods
Richard Tornello

Haiku
Denny E Marshall

Illusive Abstractions
Scott Thomas Outlar

Pockmarked Teenagers
Eric Roth

An Untrue Tale
J. D. DeHart

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Articles and features

Alas, there were no feature articles this month.

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