Aphelion Issue 293, Volume 28
September 2023
 
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287 Volume 27 September 2023

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Back Issues Editorial Serials and Long Fiction Short Stories Flash Fiction Poetry and Filk Music Features Series

Editorial

Dan L. Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual ravings about whatever…


Serialised stories and Long Fiction

Alas, there was no new long fiction this month

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Short Stories

A Deal's A Deal
Jason Battle
"With some folks, their word is their bond…"

A New Sun Is Born
Meg Smith
"In the fullness of time, all things are possible…"

Angry Chair
M. Taylor
"Love takes many forms. Not all of them are entirely innocent…"

Fun With Dick And Jane
Timothy Wilikie
"Time may be as infinite sideways as it is in duration. What if there were also boundaries, rules, so to speak…"

The Mirrored Planet
Dan Cardoza
"Who knew Physics could be so—radical…"

Nova Hysteria
Derek Griffiths
"INFINITY + ENTROPY = ME…"

Pixie And MD
George Schaaded
"Given an infinite length of time, not only are all things possible, they are also required…"

Reflection
Adam Ostaszewsk
"It seemed like any other investigation. Then suddenly—it didn't…"

The Clock
Gary Shugar
"Time may be the simplest thing, but people have made some very unusual timepieces…"

A Wizard's Lesson
Stephen Faulkner
"It seems that there is always something left to learn…"

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Flash Fiction

Cyber-Commandments
Christopher T. Dabrowski
Not exactly written in stone…

Struggling With Addiction
Christopher T. Dabrowski
Cold Turkey hurts

Space Battlefield
Gordon Rowlinson
All is not as it seems…

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Poetry and Filk Music

again
ayaz daryl nielsen

Awakening
Jay Sturner

The Fire City
Meg Smith

I was the Atomic Bomb's First Victim!
Jean Jones

I. D.
Duane Vorhees

Awakening
Deborah Reed Filanowski

The Machine Stirs
James Hamill

Man From Mars
Kenneth Vincent Walker

OMG! A.I Screeches
Sankar Bandy

Ouija Board
Alexis Child

The Real Story Behind the Congressional UFO Meeting
Richard Tornello

Riding A Unicorn
Petrouchka Alexieva

The Future Is Nigh
Juan Manuel Perez

Walking the beach with the Marquis De Sade
Jean Jones

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Streaming Chat Shows

At the links below you can find archives of the live-streaming chat shows run by the Director of HallowCon and myself. WARNING: Contains Language!

Stupid O'Clock
Showrunner: Joe McKeel
This show is best described as a group of friends hanging out at a science fiction/fandom convention in the hotel lobby/bar and chatting with everyone that walks up. We may even have a guest or two. We start out with no topic. We spend two hours chatting and reading comments. Many times we never know what we will talk about but we cover many topics. Many times a viewer tosses out a comments and we will chase it down the rabbit hole.
But rest assured we had fun and hopefully you do too.
Brought to you by Hallowcon, Stupid O'clock, and Rising Tide Productions.

Last Man Standing
Showrunner: Dan L. Hollifield
A late night, after-hours chat show. The guests featured are SF&F writers, artists, musicians, comic book creators, SMOFs, and members of fandom in general.
Usually, It either starts off slow and boring and picks up speed as guests join in, or it continues on at full speed from whatever discussion was in progress on Stupid O'clock when that show ended. This thing can go on for hours once it gets rolling. Guests are welcome to join at any time, but trolls will be punted for field goals. The content is somewhat PG, or even more adult, but is intended to be entertainment for reasonably adult audiences.
Brought to you by Aphelion Webzine, Hallowcon, Stupid O'clock, and Rising Tide Productions.
All music composed and copyrighted by Dan L. Hollifield, 2022.

Tidbits And Scribbles
Showrunner: McKayla Jade
Author McKayla Jade hosts a creative writing chat show on alternate Tuesday evenings on her YouTube channel. I'm a frequent panelist there, along with many Rising Tide and other online friends. Panelists featured are writers, editors, indie publishers, artists, and other creatives. Topics covered include writing, editing, cover art, self-promotion, staying motivated, research, networking, attending conventions and book shows, etc.

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