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Issue 153 Volume 15 June 2011

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Editorial

Lindsey Hollifield

Look busy, lads! The Missus has taken over the Senior Editor's rants…


Serials and Long Fiction

Chatterton Reef
McCamy Taylor
The descendants of the human race left dry land behind long ago, choosing to live in the oceans with varying types and degrees of genetic modifications. But the one thing they took with them was the instinct for war.

Whispers From The North
Matthew Acheson
A gothic horror tale about the lengths some will go for love.

Revelations Man
S. H. Hughes
A science fiction tale about an alien invasion of the Earth — based upon the Book of Revelations.

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Short Stories

A Confidential Correspondence in Capitalist Conflict
P. F. White
A Steampunk tale of sibling rivalry gone mad, told through the medium of the letters exchanged by the two brothers.

A.M.A.N.D.A.
E. S. Strout
Physicist Paula Lynch is sent to an Antarctic neutrino detection lab to investigate strange phenomena affecting satellite operations. She finds that her old rival is doing more than just studying the ghostly particles…

After The Flood
Francisco Mejia
The strange liquid lifeform called Messina has covered the planet Zamparero. Only two living things still move independently on the surface of the planet: the bio-engineered vehicle called the Lezuna Express, and the seemingly-invulnerable mutant Entrada Solár…
***Contains adult language and situations***

An Instrument of War
John Dougherty
Oren Greene was on a mission: infect the nearest colony of the man-eating alien Attero with a deadly virus. But then he was shot with a plasma rifle and dragged away — and his captor was all too human.

Another Night at the Chronos Tavern
David Barber
The Chronos Tavern was the preferred hangout for the varied — really varied — travelers passing through the Canaveral Timeport.

Apotheosis
R. Christophe Ryber
All Shannon wanted was to delay having to deal with Heather and her endless series of problems. Daniel Singh and the statue of the goddess Kali that formed the centerpiece of his yoga studio was purely an accident.

Bedtime for Roswell
P. B. Hampton
The Roswell crash was not the beginning of the story, and it was far from being the end.

Dutch
Richard Tornello
The townspeople — all relative newcomers, refugees from the city — called the odd, pale, folk who had been living in the area for centuries 'the Dutch'.

Field Disruption
Dave Weaver
When time travel became possible, it was only natural that scientists — and others — would try to witness the Tunguska Event.

Fighting for No One
Francis Bass
The outpost was surrounded the cannabalistic ransals, once human, but transformed by some contagious magic into ravening and ravenous savages. Some wanted to flee — after all, if the kingdom had already fallen, for whom were they putting their lives on the line?

Little Friends
George Morrow
Adolf Scipio told his guests an amazing — and terrifying — tale of strange rituals carried out in the jungles of South America. But it was what he showed them afterward that would change their lives.

Music Man
Bruce Memblatt
Dikon was content to eke out a living as a street musician, playing his sax on 'his' corner. The club owner, Virgil, had something else in mind for him.

Nightscreams
Kurt Heinrich Hyatt
Mike thought that Blanca would enjoy a real camping trip. Blanca, on the other hand, would have preferred someplace more comfortable — and that was before the screaming and mayhem started.

Operation Jupiter
James O'Sullivan
The search for life on Europa had succeeded a little too well. People had been changed by what came back — and the only way to save their lives was to change them even more. The military was only too happy to oblige.

The Dark kNight
Richard Tornello
A fairy tale, involving a princess, a dragon, an evil wizard, and a knight. But not the one you're expecting!

The Hill With an Evil Heart
C. B. Lovas
The storm turned the hilltop suburb into a series of islands separated by rushing rivers that used to be streets. But Kyle soon discovered that the rains have done more that knock out the power — they have opened a doorway to hell.

The Hook…Revisited
Benjamin Green
Matt would do anything to get closer to the unattainable Chloe, a girl far out of his still-nerdish league — even invoking the mix of urban legend and rumors surrounding the escaped mental patient they called Captain Hook.

The Husband
Jeremy Kuban
The knocking on his door awoke Doctor Ned Whallup from a sound sleep. The man at the door wanted something from him — something strange and horrible.

The Process
Mike Wilson
Martin Ruhe found the key to unlimited energy. Unfortunately, there were those who would kill to keep that key a secret.

Windows
Andrew Nagel
The enormous, grotesque creature — a god or monster out of a Lovecraft story — had already taken his wife. Now, to learn more about its nature and purpose, he would put his son at risk.

May 2011 Forum Flash Challenge

Congratulations to Rick Tornello, winner of the May 2011 Forum Flash Fiction Challenge. Check out Rick's "A Dental Persuasion" and five more tales of ordinary actions in a science-fiction world , after sampling this month's editorial, poetry, short stories, and long fiction, of course…

June 2011 Forum Flash Challenge

Congratulations to J. Davidson Hero, winner of the June 2011 Forum Flash Fiction Challenge. Check out J. D.'s "The Blind Rebellion" and four more stories of conflict on a wandering world (implied, not described!), after sampling this month's editorial, poetry, short stories, and long fiction, of course…

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Poetry and Filk Music

The Dagger
Boghos L. Artinian

Fairy So Fine
Robin B. Lipinski

How Old Am I?
Brian S. Lingard

Mirror Dance
Amit Parmessur

Peg Powler
Richard H. Fay

Usual Thoughts Before Sleep
Richard Tornello

Death's Ship
Richard H. Fay

The Poet as Voyeur
Richard Tornello

Red Ball Runs the Bull
Robin B. Lipinski

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Articles and features

Thoughts on Writing #30: Continuity Trapper Keeper
Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire takes apart the engine of writing to find out how it works, and offers her insights into how to put it back together again.

Off The Shelf: Deadline
Larissa March
Larissa takes a look at Mira Grant's Deadline, the sequel to the Hugo-nominated novel Feed.

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