Aphelion Issue 133, Volume 13
June 2009
 
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By Invitation Only
By Noel Carroll
Cassie and her husband wanted to see something special on their vacation in the Greek islands. They got their wish at a quaint, very out of the way restaurant...

Seems Fair To Me
By Andy Echevarria
For fun, Mike Lowell stole things, mostly cheap junk -- it was the thrill that mattered, not the value. He thought he could get away with it forever -- but he was wrong.

Torn
By Ben Cooper
The SuperCollider had not destroyed the universe. It had only opened a crack that let things come through, leaving Paul and his younger brother Dylan to find a way to survive while England fell apart around them.

Ficus
By E. S. Strout
All Jeff wanted was a nice, easy-to-care-for, fast-growing shade tree. The trouble was, the one he got from the nursery had a few special properties that were not in the sales pitch.

The Laughter Room
By Dave Weaver
When it's a crime to offend anybody, comedy is really hard.

Some Molecular Self-Assembly Required
By Richard Tornello
The man had died of a heart attack -- after being mauled by a bear and terrorized by a wolf and a horde of squirrels and raccoons! Detective Ed Talbot had to figure out who -- or what -- was responsible.

September 12th
By Lee Gimenez
What if the World Trade Center and Pentagon had only been the beginning?

The Gold and Green Ball
By Chris Sharp
"Dr. Love"'s latest subject was a woman who insisted that the ghost of her almost-husband still gave her all the love and attention she needed. The studio audience and the woman's sister weren't so sure.

Shoo-Fly
By Kristen Lee Knapp
Owen Blist had studied insects and used what he learned to create the M-1 -- a man-rated flying machine of incredible speed and maneuverability. The military took his invention and turned it into a killing machine -- something Owen could not allow.

Upstream
By Stuart Plotkin
Clark, Jelan, and Clark's loyal (but invisible, being dead) dog Mrs. Peel were enjoying a day of for-fun gold prospecting, when a bloody scrap of cloth with a call for help sent them upstream...

***May 2009 Forum Challenge***

Congratulations to Rob Wynne, winner of the "Almost Forever" Forum Flash Challenge. Check out Rob's entry "The Fundamental Things Apply" and six more tales of love won -- and lost -- after you have read and commented on our other stories, novellas, poetry, and features, of course. (All entries will also be available (shortly, if not immediately) via the Flash Index in the Fun and Games section of the Forum, provided by Nate Kailhofer, Flash Editor and Challenge Master.)