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Issue 41 Volume 04 November 2000

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Editorial

Dan L. Hollifield

The Senior Editor's usual ravings about whatever…


Serialised stories and Long Fiction

Whose Sword Is It, Anyway? Part 5 (of 5)
Ralph Benedetto, Jr.
The College of Ru'aath has turned out the keenest swordsman, the ablest spell casters and the finest musicians of the age. That's probably why Caitlin, Mal and Rivenbark got kicked out.

Graveyard Shift
Karl Eschenbach
To work the graveyard shift from midnight to eight is to see and hear what no one else will experience. The night, when all others are asleep, is a world apart from the day.

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Short Stories

818LE (Or Maybe It's Not Just Us)
Sharky
A short allegorical tale of creation, damnation, and redemption.

Six Shots in Carson
Daniel F. Beaupré
A Writer's Challenge II Story: Cackling with glee, my assailant raised his meat cleaver on high

Skin Bags
Frank Mosca
In a busy fish market on a busy street, unseen and unnoticed, the ages long battle between good and evil goes on.

The Man Who Went After J. T. McGyre
William C. Burns, Jr.
Across the starry sky, a hero goes in search of a legend.

Up In The Air
David Blalock
The colonizers of Centauri face an aeronautical mystery: Why do airplanes encounter deadly turbulence, but free balloons don't?

Victor the Warrior Cleric
The Hansen Family
The army of the faithful march forth beneath the banner of the double-helix, for the glory of Gordon and the honour of Victor

Watch Me
Russel Goldstein
"You just sit there and stare. Is this death? I felt the rope snap taut. My neck broke; I felt it snap. Even my feet leave the chair. What do you want from me? Why do you sit there and stare?”

When On Wartl…
Ralph Benedetto, Jr.
"This is the planet: Wartl. Three billion sentient beings live here, none of them human. Humans visit regularly though, in spite of the fact that Wartl only has probationary status in the Confederation. People come here, some of them on business, some of them just looking for a restful and relaxing vacation along the hundreds of kilometres of unspoiled coastline. Sometimes things go wrong. That's where I come in. I carry a small biochip implanted in my neural network that identifies me to all y-base-c compliant platforms as a police officer. Oh, yeah. I also carry a badge."

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Poetry and Filk Music

Dolly Roundup
Jennifer M. Boudreaux

Mare Inebrium
Dan L. Hollifield

The Garden of Stories
Kate Thornton

The Gates of Dreaming
Iain Muir

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Articles and features

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