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Guest Editorial:
Gliding Into Writing
by Diane Turnshek
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Short Fiction
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Stories of the Alien Invasion
by Manek Mistry
"Explain to us," said Comfort. "Explain to us why life and death are so important, and why it matters so much if a person lives or dies."
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Walking The Valley
by Jeremy Minton
"We've spent a lifetime listening," he said as he plucked the piece out of his flesh. "Listening, compromising, selling our own souls. No more."
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Bittersweet
by N. K. Jemisin
"I felt that way once."
"When did you stop?"
His smile faded; for the faintest of instants he looked troubled. "Didn't realize I had."
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The Memory of Touch
by Karen Swanberg
"Did it taste blue or like a violin solo?"
I frowned. "Actually, it tasted like a pinch. What does that mean?"
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The Man Behind The Curtain
by Joseph Paul Haines
She leaned back in her chair and smiled. "Where else would someone go to see the wizard?"
"Look, Donna, I need you to tell me."
She grinned. "Why, the Emerald City of course."
I caught the next flight to Seattle.
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Flash Fiction
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Ten New Metaphors For Cyberspace
by Cat Rambo
"Somewhere in the verdant, glassy grass an ASP slithers like a virus, whispering forbidden, encrypted words."
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Fading Away
by Jay Lake
His chest shuddered. "Nurse Simmons says Momma's lost her heart."
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Poetry
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Prayer Causes Stars
by Greg Beatty
This short poem won a "Dwarf Star" award and is reprinted for your pleasure.
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Jazz Sunsets
by Marge Simon
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The Witch of Central
by T. R. Click
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Emit timE
by David C. Kopaska–Merkel
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Untitled Scifaiku
by Robert Saunders
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Untitled Scifaiku
by Deborah P. Kolodji
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Untitled Scifaiku
by oino sakai
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"Shadow Of Her"
by William Blake Vogel III
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The Golden Age
by Lyn Gardner
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Night Is My House
by Christopher Vera
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Our chapbook is still on sale.
Please click on the cover image at right to learn more.
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Awards
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Prayer Causes Stars by Greg Beatty, published in Issue 15, has garnered a third place award from the Dwarf Stars poetry anthology.
Museum Beetles by Simon Kewin
Honorable Mentions: 2005 in The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Ed, edited by Gardner Dozois
No Ruined Lunar City by Greg Beatty - 2005 Rhysling Award winning poem
Live From The Volgograd Blackout! by Barth Anderson
Honorable Mentions: 2004 in The Year's Best Science Fiction 22nd Ed, edited by Gardner Dozois
Those Boiled Bones by Jay Lake
Honorable Mentions: 2004 in The Year's Best Science Fiction 22nd Ed, edited by Gardner Dozois
Making A Sparrow by Tracina Jackson-Adams –
Honor Roll in The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens,
edited by Jane Yolen and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Honorable Mention list in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror,
edited by Ellen Datlow and Kelly Link & Gavin Grant.
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