Aphelion Writers Plug Their Work

[Lester Curtis]

Interesting story -- you're always full of fresh ideas.

[Lester Curtis]

Wow, that is a great cover! Good luck with that; it's a good story.

[Lester Curtis]

Damn, what's that smell -- ? -- Oh -- it's just Chekhov's gun . . .

Not bad. Sense of smell as precognition -- in a dog, of course.

[Lester Curtis]

Best of luck on that, Dan. The Inebrium series deserves to be out there getting read by fans who are hungry for good stuff.

[Lester Curtis]

Small potatoes next to some of the other accomplishments in this column, but I won the monthly writing contest at Creator and the Catalyst.

find the story here:

http://www.creatorandthecatalyst.com/di ... =528#p1784

and check out some of the other excellent writing submitted for this contest while you're there.

[Lester Curtis]

The manuscript for my Mare Inebrium short story collection was handed over to my publisher Sunday night. It is at the typesetters now. Wish me luck!

Dan

Dan,
Best of luck with that; it's a worthy body of work, certainly. And, I just read your editorial for this month . . . you can't get much better endorsement than Larry Niven. Go get 'em!

[Lester Curtis]

Not a brag (yet), just to let you know that I've done a lot of editing to this manuscript and posted some of it to look at, here:

http://authonomy.com/books/60179/trade-route/

You can read any book there without signing up, but if you wish to comment, you can sign up and comment there, or post 'em here.

It's still very incomplete, but I plan to fill in the gaps as I go, and sooner or later, big chunks will show up. I just hope I can keep up with it, so as to eventually have the entire book there in one piece, in one place.

Authonomy demands that books have covers, so here's mine.

[Lester Curtis]

"Trade Route" is now on authonomy by Lester Curtis

This is great reading! It runs several long chapters that can be read by the page at the link. There are favorable comments on the link and Lester will see many more. I’m reading it piecemeal and hope it will remain available.
QW

It will remain, and I'll be adding more material in a while.

Thanks, glad you like it.

[Lester Curtis]

For Mark Edgemon:

Actually, I have always found that some words, or sentences, in an alien ( that is foreign...eh,eh) language can give me an idea for a story, just like a portion of the lyrics of a song (In English or in Japanese, or even in Norwegian, at most, for instance) much better than in Italian...

For example, if you just listen to the famous lyrics of the song of The Hobbit, Far Over The Misty Mountains Cold, that is as follows, as seen in the movie:

Far over the misty mountains cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
The pines were roaring on the height,
The winds were moaning in the night,
The fire was red, it flaming spread;
The trees like torches blazed with light.

Well, I can just take a sort of story out of a single word of any line ...

What if in some deep caves some caverns are older than others? And why? That's a sort of hint for a story...

What if a single pine wasn't roaring the same as the others did? Was it the house of a fairy, a sort of holo-image or whatever?

What if that forest had some trees that were lit as torches from time to time by nature, to renovate the leaves or to avoid them becoming some bad , evil things when a trunk grows older?

What if in some parts of those woods the fire wasn't red, but blue, or of another color? Was there some gas or something magical coming from the terrain?

In a way, strange to say, it's not the same to me when I listen to Italian...maybe Italian is a language useful for poets, but not for Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror fans, who knows...eh,eh

Wow. Now I know a little more about where you get all this stuff, and you've shown in a most eloquent way how we can all get it for ourselves. Beautiful!

As to saving these notions when they pop into your head, I carry a little digital voice recorder everywhere, because I may get an idea when I'm driving, or just when I'm about to fall asleep. Mine has a one-button-record feature, and I can find it by touch (hint).

And here I thought you had a room full of clones . . .

[Lester Curtis]

Very happy about this......

https://plus.google.com/…/events/cuvmj9 ... hvoch4tvb4

Can't get to it without having to sign up with one more site. What is it?

[Lester Curtis]

Hi,

I've been writing stories since I was a little girl. I often won awards in my home room English class and a story of mine was accepted by the Writers of the Future contest for a quarterly submission.

Welcome to Aphelion!

Now, as writers, we're constantly being advised to 'show, don't tell' ... so, don't just tell us about it—show us what ya got!

[Lipinski]

Looks like it will be a fun book to read. Now that means I have to go out and find where I buried my gold coins. And then, if I can find them, I'll have to convert it to cash and then put it into a bank so I can apply for a credit card and then buy a copy.

Or,

maybe ask random strangers to borrow their credit card.

Anyway, looking forward to reading it.

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It seems that most of my posts - and of other authors here...- of the previous years were accidentally deleted all at once, the same as my account during a procedure scheduled on Aphelion to secure this site from evil spambots( from outer space...eh,eh )...actually, this is not a Sci-Fi plot, but a reality, as unfortunately these things happen, and it's not my fault of course... so I'm going to restore some of my previous posts here in this Section by using my archives of the lasts years...it will require time...

But for now, here is, as follows, the last post I remember I posted here some weeks ago, before the deletion occurred, and before I can try, and start, to restore, or re-post, the previous messages on this Forum...

"The food chain..." in American"The Hollow - Book 7" - Horror Anthology:

For anyone interested, another Urban Fantasy/Horror Short-Story written by me in American/English, title "The food chain…",set in the 1800s, in a fictitious Territory of Arizona, more or less, with a female ghost-hunter, some lonely houses and farms, and many other very strange events going on along the way to old Seattle...has been recently chosen to be included also inside the American Horror Anthology titled "The Hollow - Book #7". by Breaking Rules Publishing...


Here are the links:



http://www.breakingrulespublishing.com

And many thanks to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and many thanks to very kind Mrs. Patty McCarthy that accepted it for this Anthology, of course!!!

Here's the link to the cover of one of the previous Anthologies available in this series of books:



I'll post the cover when it is available of course...

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Another of my previous posts recovered from the archives, in a way...eh,eh

"Parallel existences..." in British"Schlock Magazine":

As previously anticipated, for everyone interested, is finally available ( for free online for a few days...) also on Amazon.com shop the paperback August 2020 issue of British "Schlock Magazine" ... where you can find inside also that new Sci-Fi Short-Story written by me in American/English, title "Parallel existences..." , set in Illinois, U.S.A., in the 1980s, and in the next future, actually, or in the past...at least, part of it... where some strange, unexpected events took place possibly about time travel...because, you know, from the point of view of the ones who live in the far future we all are already dead...and you can never be sure if somebody you spot sitting next to you in a bar, or at a restaurant, is just a sort of historian who is not from the present time, recording things or words someone said once...


This story has been written by me and my (unfortunately now dead) friend Ernesto CANEPA, as it was mainly an old idea of his that I recently completed and put on (electronic) paper with some modifications, after some Sci-Fi RPG sessions of some time ago.


Here are the links, and the cover:




https://www.amazon.com/Schlock-Vol-Issu ... oks&sr=1-1

http://www.schlock.co.uk/pb/wp_8106f241 ... 6f241.html


http://www.schlock.co.uk/pb/wp_26d44d44 ... 44d44.html

http://www.schlock.co.uk/



And many thanks, of course, as usual, to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and Mr. Gavin CHAPPELL who accepted it, of course!!!

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Another of my previous post of this year recovered...


"No Darker Place than Our Own Thoughts…” in "20/20 Visions: Power of the mind" Sci-Fi/Horror Anthology.

Another Sci-Fi Short Story written by me in American/English,title "No Darker Place than Our Own Thoughts…", set in space, within a different system, and with young telepaths involved in an exchange students program, with unexpected consequences, in a way… will be published inside the Sci-Fi/Horror Anthology titled "20/20 Visions: Power of the mind". by HellBound Books ...


Here are the links:







http://hellboundbookspublishing.com/index-4%20new.html

http://hellboundbookspublishing.com/ind ... ogies.html


And many thanks to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and many thanks to very kind Mrs. Xtina Marie that accepted it for this Anthology, of course!!!

I'll post the final cover when it will be available...

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Another of my previous posts of 2020 that I recovered...

"The Blood-Dripping Letters..." in American"1st Degree" - Crime/Horror Anthology:

For anyone interested, as previously anticipated, is finally available also on Amazon shop (for now in kindle format and in a few days also in paperback...) the American Crime/Horror Anthology titled "1st Degree" based on the legal system and mysteries, by Breaking Rules Publishing... where you can find inside another Crime/Urban Fantasy/Horror Short-Story written by me in American/English, title "The Blood-Dripping Letters…",set in a very old town in Florida, and in modern, or future, U.S.A., and about some bloody killings, and a journalist who is writing about the truth behind all those bad deaths, anyway, but the interest for news can bring him to the darkest parts of a man's soul in the end...

Here are the links:





https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GM64N2W/re ... oks&sr=1-2

https://www.breakingrulespublishing.com ... ology.html

www.breakingrulespublishing.com

And many thanks to very kind American authoress Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and many thanks to very kind Mr. Christopher Clawson-Rule that accepted it for this Anthology, of course!!!

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Another post of this year recovered, and re-posted today...


" Dolls and Trolls...” in "Crime Pays" - Anthology".

For anyone interested, another Urban Fantasy/Horror Short-Story written by me in American/English, title "Dolls and Trolls…",set in modern Norway, more or less, with a trip to the mountains and the woods, and with a very unexpected ending… has been recently chosen to be included also inside the American Horror/Fantasy Anthology titled "Crime Pays" - Anthology" by HellBound Books ...


Here are the links:






http://www.hellboundbookspublishing.com/#


http://www.hellboundbookspublishing.com ... ogies.html


And many thanks to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and many thanks to very kind Mrs. Xtina Marie that accepted it for this Anthology, of course!!!

I'll post the final cover when it will be available...

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Another of my posts of this year that got accidentally deleted and that I recovered...

"The hidden bridge of old Edinburgh…" in British"Schlock Magazine":

Another Urban Fantasy Short-Story written by me in American/English, title "The hidden bridge of old Edinburgh…" , set in present-day Edinburgh, Scotland, more or less, about a young boy, and dealing with a very special magical shop, too, and also a sort of hidden world, and that ancient bridge of old Edinburgh, that no one can see, in a way…(that was previously scheduled to be published inside the Australian Anthology "The Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Vol V" that ceased publication unfortunately...) will be published in February 2021 Edition of British "Schlock Magazine" ...

Here are the links, for anyone interested in having a look at...


http://www.schlock.co.uk/

Here is the cover, for anyone interested, of the previous issue of the Magazine:



And many thanks, of course, as usual, to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and Mr. Gavin CHAPPELL who accepted it, of course!!!

I'll post the cover as soon as it is available, of course...

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Another post I wrote some weeks ago this year, that I recovered...

"Comics of Sinful Belief..." in American"The Hollow - Book 6" - Horror Anthology:

For anyone interested, as previously anticipated, is finally available also on Amazon.com shop the American Horror Anthology titled "The Hollow - Book #6". by Breaking Rules Publishing... where you can find inside also that Urban Fantasy/Horror Short-Story written by me in American/English, title "Comics of Sinful Belief…",set in a futuristic Albuquerque, New Mexico, and about a cartoonist that draws comic-strips that not everyone liked, especially some very evil creatures from the unearthly realms, actually, more or less...

Here are the links, and the cover :






https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BRN35WJ/re ... 089&sr=1-1

https://www.breakingrulespublishing.com ... Vol_6.html

http://www.breakingrulespublishing.com

And many thanks to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and many thanks to very kind Mrs. Patty McCarthy that accepted it for this Anthology, of course!!!

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Another post I wrote this year, that got lost, and I recovered today...

"Experiments..." in British"Lovecraftiana—the Magazine of Eldritch Horror":

Another Sci-Fi/Horror Story written by me in American/English, title "Experiments..." , set in modern, or future…, Toronto, Canada, and with some lesser Cthulhu deities, aliens, humans and so on, walking the streets at nighttime, and busy doing their unusual, and unknown, business, in a way…will be published in Halloween 2020 Edition of British "Lovecraftiana—the Magazine of Eldritch Horror Schlock" ...

Also, this story has been written by me and my (unfortunately now dead) old friend Ernesto CANEPA , as it was mainly an old idea of his used for some Sci-Fi RPG sessions at our Club that I recently completed and put on (electronic) paper with some modifications, indeed.

Here are the links, for anyone interested in having a look at...





http://www.schlock.co.uk/

And many thanks, of course, as usual, to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and Mr. Gavin CHAPPELL who accepted it, of course!!!

I'll post the cover as soon as it will be available, of course...

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Another post of mine that was accidentally deleted and that I recovered today...

"Evil paintings..." in American"The Hollow - Where All Things Evil Lie - Vol 3" - Anthology:

As previously anticipated, for anyone interested, is eventually available on Amazon shop the American Horror Anthology titled
"The Hollow - Where All Things Evil Lie - Vol 3" - by Breaking Rules Publishing...where you can find, inside, another Urban Fantasy/Horror Short-Story written by me in American/English, title "Evil paintings…",set in modern Austria, more or less, and dealing with an old house full of things to be discovered anyway, and those strange paintings depicting unusual creatures and unearthly beings, too…

Here are the links, the cover and the back-cover:









https://www.amazon.com/Hollow-Vol-Where ... oks&sr=1-6

https://www.amazon.com/Hollow-Vol-Break ... =1-1-fkmr2

https://www.breakingrulespublishing.com ... ject.html#

https://www.breakingrulespublishing.com ... ivals.html

http://www.breakingrulespublishing.com

And many thanks to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and many thanks to very kind Mrs.
Patty McCarthy that accepted it for this Anthology, and Mrs. Trisha McKee, Marketing Director for this project, of course!!!

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Another of the accidentally deleted posts of mine, now recovered...

- "Done, and done again...” in "FROM THE YONDER" -A Horror short-story collection of regional legends and tall-tales from around the World - Anthology.

As previously anticipated, for anyone interested, is eventually available also on Amazon.com shop the American Horror Anthology titled "FROM THE YONDER" -A Horror short-story collection of regional legends and tall-tales from around the World - Anthology, published this month by War Monkey Publications, LLC ... where you can find inside another Urban Fantasy/Horror Short Story written by me in American/English, title "Done, and done again…", set in a sort of present, (or futuristic) Albania, and about some very bad, and bloody shipwrecks, and local sea legends, underneath the surface of stormy water, anyway…


Here are the links, and the cover:





https://www.amazon.com/dp/1732366241/

https://warmonkeypublications.com/

https://warmonkeypublications.com/products

And many thanks to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and many thanks to very kind Mr. Joshua P. Sorensen that accepted it for this Anthology, of course!!!

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Another of my posts deleted, and now recovered in full...

"The weight of your mind…” in "Vast: Stories of mind, soul and consciousness in a technological age" - Anthology.

As previously anticipated, for anyone interested, is finally available on Amazon.com shop the British Sci-Fi Anthology titled ""Vast: Stories of mind, soul and consciousness in a technological age" published by Orchid’s Lantern ... where you can find inside another Sci-Fi/Urban Fantasy/Horror Short Story written by me in American/English,title "The weight of your mind…",…”, set in an asylum, possibly, in modern, or future Texas, where some tests on gravity, and on the possible gravitational distortion caused by the thoughts of a human mind, had been made, though not completely remembered, in a way...

Here are the links, the cover and the back-cover:







https://www.amazon.com/Vast-Stories-Min ... ks&sr=1-10

https://orchidslantern.org/

https://orchidslantern.org/books/


And many thanks to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and many thanks to very kind Mrs. Caroline C.R. Dudley that accepted it for this Anthology, of course!!!

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Another of my posts of this year that were automatically deleted, and that I restore here now...

-"Shipping on the river..." in British"Lovecraftiana—the Magazine of Eldritch Horror":

As previously anticipated, for anyone interested, is eventually available also on Amazon shop the Walpurgisnacht (Spring) Edition 2020 of British "Lovecraftiana—the Magazine of Eldritch Horror Schlock" ... where you can find, inside, among the others, also the Urban Fantasy/Horror Story written by me in American/English, title "Shipping on the river..." , set in old Glasgow, Scotland, in the late 1800s, about the 1st of May, or Beltane, an old painting previously unknown, an old strange sailer on the river Clyde, and the long forgotten Cthulhu deities, anyway…

Also, this story has been written by me and my (unfortunately dead one year ago, cause of his worsening arrhythmia) old friend Ivan BERTAZZONI - a member of the Medieval Re-enacting Group of my Club here in Italy - as it was mainly an old idea of his that I recently completed and put on (electronic) paper with some modifications, after some Steampunk RPG sessions of some time ago.


Here are the links, and the cover:





https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087L8RGWV


http://www.schlock.co.uk/


http://www.schlock.co.uk/pb/wp_30e3598c ... 3598c.html


And many thanks, of course, as usual, to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and Mr. Gavin CHAPPELL who accepted it, of course!!!

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Another of my posts of this year, that were deleted by the system, because of the some unexpected problems on the site, and that I recovered...

"Orhan Hastanesi..." in American"The Hollow - Book 5" - Horror Anthology:

For anyone interested, as previously anticipated, is finally available also on Amazon.com shop the American Horror Anthology titled "The Hollow - Book #5". by Breaking Rules Publishing... where you can find inside also that new Urban Fantasy/Horror Short-Story written by me in American/English, title "Orhan Hastanesi…",set in a sort of (futuristic) Turkey, and inside a modern structure for psychiatric patients, at least, in a way, and where some very strange things happen, and people disappear, at times…

Here are the links, and the cover :






https://www.amazon.com/Hollow-Vol-Where ... oks&sr=1-3

https://www.breakingrulespublishing.com ... Vol_5.html

http://www.breakingrulespublishing.com


Also, my Short-Story, titled "Orhan Hastanesi…", has been selected as The Hollow Vol 5 Editor's Choice and as inspiration for the book cover!!!


And many thanks to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and many thanks to very kind Mrs.
Patty McCarthy that accepted it for this Anthology, and Mrs. Trisha McKee, Marketing Director for this project, of course!!!

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Here is another of my previous posts now recovered from my archives...

"A Path Through the Darkest Wilderness..." in British"Lovecraftiana—the Magazine of Eldritch Horror":


For anyone interested, is finally available on Lulu.com shop
the Candlemas (February) 2020 Edition of British "Lovecraftiana—the Magazine of Eldritch Horror" by Schlock/Rogue Planet Press... where you can find inside also the Urban Fantasy/Horror Story written by me in American/English, title "A Path Through the Darkest Wilderness..." , set in New England, and dealing with a crime, or too many crimes in the forests, in a way, and with some strong connections to an unexpected, and very old, Cthulhu deity ( or maybe not), in the end…


Here are the links, and the cover:




http://www.lulu.com/shop/rogue-planet-p ... 14632.html



http://www.schlock.co.uk/pb/wp_30e3598c ... 3598c.html


http://www.schlock.co.uk/


(And, by the way, thanks to all the readers of my stories that last month, on Critters/Preditors and Editors' Readers Poll, based upon votes received worldwide, voted my Steampunk Short Story, titled "Cold Inside", set in a sort of 1800's Antarctica, published inside the Anthology "Fierce Tales - Lost Worlds)", as the Best Steampunk Story of 2019...

Here are the links:

https://critters.org/predpoll/final_tal ... rysteam.ht

https://critters.org/predpoll/awardpix/ ... ysteam.jpg


...eh,eh)

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Here is another of my previous posts recovered today...

"The Unutterable Cleaner…” in "Fantasy Short Stories Book Four" - Anthology".

As previously anticipated, for anyone interested, is finally available also on Amazon.com shop [/b ]the Fantasy Anthology titled "Fantasy Short Stories Book Four". by Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series ...where you can find inside also that new Fantasy Short-Story written by me in American/English,title "The Unutterable Cleaner…", set in a sort of Fantasy world, and inside a famous tavern, more or less, anyway, with a mythical object, and a not-so-famous warrioress, too, maybe not so famous for a reason...eh,eh...


Here is the link, and the cover:




https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084DD8ZN8/re ... oks&sr=1-2


https://fantasyshortstories.com/


And many thanks to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and many thanks to very kind Australian author/editor Mr. Neil A. Hogan that accepted/adapted it for this Anthology, of course!!!

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Here is another previous post of mine that was recovered...

- "The Light that Casts Out the Night…” in "Horror USA: Washington" - Anthology.

For anyone interested, is finally available on Amazon.com shop the American Horror Anthology titled "Horror USA: Washington" - Anthology, published by Soteira Press ... where you can find, inside, also another Urban Fantasy/Horror Short Story written by me in American/English, title "The Light that Casts Out the Night…", set in the forests of Washington State, near Larrabee State Park, when the night approaches, and not only that, in a way…


Here are the links, and the cover:






https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0858V141W/re ... oks&sr=1-2

https://soteirapress.com

https://soteirapress.com/current-releases/

And many thanks to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and many thanks to very kind Mr. Gabriel Grobler that accepted it for this Anthology, of course!!!

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Another previous post I wrote that I recovered today...

- "The Alien Starship…” in "Alien Dimensions #19 : Timeline" - Anthology".

As previously anticipated, for anyone interested, is finally available also on Amazon.com shop the Australian Sci-Fi Anthology titled "Alien Dimensions #19 : Timeline". published by Alien Dimensions Magazine Series ... where you can find inside another new Sci-Fi Short-Story written by me in American/English,title "The Alien Starship…", set in a space, not far from a gas giant planet, and about an unknown and very strange organic alien vessel that doesn't look just like that, or maybe is just more than that, in a way...


Here is the link, the cover, and the back-cover:










https://aliendimensions.com/


And many thanks to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and many thanks to very kind Australian author/editor Mr. Neil A. Hogan that accepted/adapted it for this Anthology, of course!!!

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Another of my previous posts that were accidentally deleted which was recovered...

- " Second Earth...” in "Aphelion- Double issue December 2019/January 2020".


For anyone interested, it's finally available online on Aphelion Magazine, the new Sci-Fi Short Story written by me in American/English,title "Second Earth...", set in the world of the famous Mare Inebrium Space Bar created by American writer Dan Hollifield of Aphelion, about a sort of art project that a very rich man had had for long on his mind, to be set on an alien planet, but with a sad outcome, and also a very sad tale to tell anyway...


Here are the links, and the cover of the magazine:




http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/sections/shorts.html

http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/shorts/ ... Earth.html


And many thanks to very kind Michele "Bottomdweller" DUTCHER who edited the story and many thanks to very kind Mr. Dan Hollifield that accepted it for the Magazine, of course!!!



And here is, too, for anyone interested about this genre, the hardcover published collection of Short-Stories, available on Amazon shop, set in the Mare Inebrium Bar where you can find all the tales about that great place in space by Dan Hollifield himself, of course!!!

http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Mare-Inebri ... hollifield


http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5 ... 3,200_.jpg