Issue 17, Volume 2 -- October '98
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Welcome back for our 18th issue!
OK, we're going to update the submissions Addresses. I'm now
asking that short story submissions please be sent to Cary Semar
and serialized stories to Martin
Delgado-Scott, poetry to Kim Holec,
material for the features to Rob,
general mail and editorial stuff to me. Now
all of these are brand new addresses, so please take note. I'll repeat
them on the submissions guidelines page and at the bottom of this page.
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Aphelion Staff:
Dan Hollifield
Senior Editor, Publisher
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Roger
Bennett
Editor Emeritus |
Robert
Wynne
WebMaven |
Cary
Semar
Short Story Editor
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Lee
Whiteside
SFTV Schedule Reporter
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Martin
Delgado-Scott
Serials Editor
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Kim
Holec
Poetry Editor
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Serialized Stories
The
Threat of Valleor -Part 6-
By Dan L. Hollifield
An ancient evil vies with an Immortal hero - while
innocent lives hang in the balance.
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Time
and Time Again -Part 17-
By Cris Lawrence
Danger leads to strange meetings.
(This story finished 7th in the '97
Preditors & Editors "Top 10 on the Internet")
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Trigeminus
-Part 10-
By Dennis Talent
Aliens among us, what are they really like?
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Witness
of the World -Part 10-
By Chad Cottle
Memories of a telepathic child.
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Though
the Dark Veil -Part 11 & 12-
By Allen Woods
High Fantasy as an adventure begins.
(Allen was the winner of the '97 Preditors
& Editors contest)
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Zod
-Part 6-
By Neil McGill
A side-splitting sci-fi romp through the cosmos. Look
out Douglas Adams! McGill may just steal your thunder!
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Dry
Run -Part 6-
By Mark E. Cotterill
Two youngsters on an epic adventure in space.
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Pop's
Cabin -Part 3-
By D. A. Krikorian
Vacations are meant to be fun, relaxing- but something
always seems to crop up...
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Life
at the Top -Part 4-
By Stephen Lipscomb
Everyone has wanted to be a rock star at one time or
another. How would you react if you woke up one day to find out that
you were suddenly someone else?
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Poison
-Part 4-
By "Krazy Kat"
Adventures of a rebellious mercenary- and her troop of
space-marines.
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On
the Corner of Galaxy and Fifth -Part 2-
By Robert Wynne & Jeff Williams
As Trauma searches for the meaning of the cryptic note,
George finds he's gone quite thoroughly down the rabbit hole...
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Would you buy a copy of "The Best
of Aphelion" if it were published?
Stories
The
Room and the Ended Cycle
By Jeremiah Allsman
Passing the key to reality, one last time.
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The
Balm
By Dustin Appel
Everything has a price.
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Slipping
Away
By Noel Carroll
The truth about the HR7698 mission
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Nightmarket
By Tania Evans
"The nightmarket of Ehala is one of the ancient desert
city's most
interesting places, and one of the most dangerous..."
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Doreen
By Pravin Jeyara
She was a sweet little car....
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Tia
of the Moon
By Kate Hill
You can go home, if you have the courage.
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Sarons
By Alex Lanoszka
The Intergalactia saga continues....
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Brimstone
and Nitro
By Steve Lazarowitz
When they drag race in Destiny, you are first prize.
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Ghost
Station Beta
By Michael D. Mancini Jr.
There is some unfinished business at the old moon base.
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Blood
Red Rose
By McCamy Taylor
This flower never withers.
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Jiakka
By Valance Patriarche
The berserker's tale.
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Twitch
By Mikie Tanier
Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
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Darkness
Falls
By Dave Van Os
Some nightmares are not dreams.
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Clone
Test
By G.W. Thomas
When a throne is at stake, nothing may be left to
chance
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Yours
Truly
By Allen Woods
Beware of the Bodacho
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Triumverate
By Jeff Williams
The Captain's word is law onboard the ship
...but what
if the Captain's insane?
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Features
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