Aphelion

Tao, your "shell game" might not be a bad idea . . . either that, or everybody's afraid of Robert throwing another hissy-fit . . . I'll be really amazed if it turns out that this was all that was needed to get people to comment. I'm not. It's socially easier for most people to join a conversation t...

Don't forget the features section. Only one article this month, but...

Give thanks! A new issue of Aphelion has been placed on the table for you to digest!

Here it is, and sorry it's a couple of days later than necessary. Entirely my fault this time -- I missed an email that gave the flip sign, so I was still waiting for...the email I was sent but missed. Anyway, stories, poems, features -- all the good stuff. Happy Halloween, Blessed Samhain, and Oste...

All the good stuff, for your perusal. Go nuts.

Get a tall glass of lemonade, sit back in the cool breeze, and enjoy the August issue!

Last issue before "The Dark Knight Rises" comes out. So go read it. It's full of awesome!

New issue online. Stories, features, poems, and suchlike. LIke a refreshing glass of mid-summer lemonade!

I'll be in Salt Lake City this weekend. Try not to burn the place down while I'm gone. But leave lots of comments. We like comments.

New fiction, features, and poetry for the reading!

Go wild.

Fiction, poetry and features.

Go wild.

It has stuff. Go experience it. Then tell us about it.

Lester Curtis wrote:What do you recommend for Mac OS X users? I have iChat available, but don't know how to set up an account.

I use Colloquy on my Macbook. It's my favourite of the various MacOS clients that I've tried.

Here it is, another issue. New fiction and poetry, plus the best of 2011. Were the best stories picked? argue about it here!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

(If you don't celebrate Christmas, have a merry one anyway. The point of the whole thing isn't Christmas. The point of the whole thing is merry.

New issue is online. It is fully of joy. And bourbon. But mostly joy.

Aphelion would like to wish all of our American readers a happy Thanksgiving on November 24. And to all our non-American readers, Aphelion would like to wish you a happy Thursday.

More new Nightwatch, plus fiction, poetry, and features.

Go play.

Here it is, the September issue, full of goodness to read and digest!

This is a very clever hip-hop presentation of a useful subject that's dear to all of us:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6I24S72Jps

The August 2011 issue is online, including the return of Kate Thornton to the pages of Aphelion, some exciting news from our Senior Editor, and a whole raft of short stories, poetry, and features.

Enjoy!

The 2011 Bulwer-Lytton results have been posted:

http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2011.htm

Let's chalk that up to a double layer of misunderstanding - one, that I didn't quite get that the essays were all frozen and being "syndicated", but you raise a nice larger point about how continuity affects republished materials. I'll leave it to my betters whether Star Trek, Dr. Who, or Star Wars...

Continuity is so hard!Even Seanan missed one! "My first published work of novel-length fiction, Rosemary and Rue, will be coming out released in September of 2009." Okay, in July 2011, what happened? A. The novel was eaten by a grue. B. It was trapped in twisty little editors' offices, all alike. C...

The giant summer spectacular double issue of Aphelion is now online. Long fiction, short fiction, poetry and features, form a cool and glistening pool for your enjoyment. Let's dive in!

Lester Curtis wrote:In my novel project, I am relying more on timelines than any kind of outline.

A timeline is just one form of an outline.

I find that I frequently write outlines for stories. But in nearly every case those outlines get left behind as the characters begin taking over and telling me new things I'd never thought of on my own. I think it's important to remember that an outline isn't a suicide pact. It's just a plan, and l...

Correction to cover -- it's "Barrow Ben", not "Barrow Men" (said the ungrateful wretch). Oops. Fixed. I blame the whiskey. To quote the Irish Rovers: Might have been the whiskey Might have been the gin Could have the three or four six-packs, I don't know, But look at the mess I'm in My head is like...

Lady Angelique wrote:To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal ideas from many is research.

(I found this somewhere in cyber-land while doing RESEARCH)

And who deserves the credit, and who deserves the blame...?

And Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name...hey!

Robert_Moriyama wrote:Correction to cover -- it's "Barrow Ben", not "Barrow Men" (said the ungrateful wretch).

Oops. Fixed.

I blame the whiskey.

The merry merry month of May. We always promise to get the new issue out before the end of the world. Did we make it?? Get thee forth. Read first, then comment! (Don't try it the other way round. The forums are a mess when you do.) Fiction, poetry, and features, plus an editorial from the other side...

I found many, many spams this morning, so I decided to try my new-found Moderator powers out for a spin. They're gone now, including a lot of old ones. It turns out deleting spam makes one feel better about themselves. Who knew? I only wish I could do more, like blocking spambot members and whatnot...