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Bombay Sapphire has been tasked by Agni, the Hindu god of storms, along with her friends from The Times of India to investigate strange smells coming from an insecticide factory in Bhopal. One of these smells kills Bombay Sapphire as well as her two friends, and she winds up on Mount Meru, the home of the gods. While Agni and Shiva debate the fate of Bombay Sapphire, she encounters an apsara, who feeds her. Returned to life, Bombay Sapphire and her friends find themselves in the future, and still in Bhopal. But can they save the city from a leak in the factory that will kill tens of thousands?
Crimes of some form will be with us as long as there are laws to break. Technology helps solve those crimes. But those solutions will always be found by the ones who get down and dirty-the detectives. Come see what the future holds for the dark side of law & order.
BRIEFING: Nyx is a cold-blooded operative for Blacklight, a section of Amphictyony Security that does not officially exist. Deven, her boss, has dispatched her to the tropical world of Malache, there to kill a courier who is about to transfer classified information. Given minimal information in her briefing, she kills the wrong person. Ordered back to make amends, she finds herself in the middle of an intercorporate conflict where both sides want her dead. An old nemesis, the only person ever to have defeated her, is present on Malache as well. Her only allies are the lemuroid, pacifist, sexually-tilted Malasy, and an anthropologist of questionable loyalties. To win this one, Nyx has to recover her lost femininity, and make the coldest sacrifice of all.
Illumen is a quarterly digest of science fiction and fantasy poetry, including minimalist forms such as haiku, haibun, empat perkataan, cinquains, and other forms, as well as more traditional formats for poetry. Featured Poet: Alexis ChildPlus: n a spencer, Iuliia Vereta, John Philip Johnson and many more!
Shelter of Daylight features positive and uplifting science fiction and fantasy. In this issue you'll find a woman swallowed up by a forest; a reunion after death; the disadvantages of team spirit; a mad and costly escape from a prison colony; a dragonslayer with second thoughts; and much more.FeaturesMovie Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves by Lee Clark Zumpe NovelettesStar Crossed by Lisa TimpfBorne to Freedom on Iron Wings by Frank Sawielijew Short StoriesOld Growth by Douglas GwilymThe Grandeur and the Terror of Realms Beyond by Lee Clark ZumpeMiles to Go Before I Sleep by Victoria Audley & Joanna M. Lawrie Flash FictionIs There a Sign I Should Know by Tyree CampbellStuck on Akina by Lee Clark ZumpeThe Dragon's Lair by Randall Andrews PoetryMonthly Message Home by Lauren McBride IllustrationsForest Creature by Sandy DeLuca
The Fifth Di... presents science fiction, fantasy, and horror for your reading enjoyment. Come meet the difficulties and the characters who deal with them in The Fifth Di...The Fifth Di...December 2023 FeaturesBecoming Jade Reviewed by Lisa TimpfEverything Everywhere All at Once Reviewed by Lee Clark ZumpeWho's Who NoveletteThe Healer's Apprentice by Jason Lairamore Short StoriesFall of the Dark God by Mike AdamsonThe Dark by Randall AndrewsShe Makes Narcissus Bloom by Lisa VoorheesRattling Bones on the Black River by Ethan Robles Flash FictionThe Happy Harper Home by Glen R. StriplingWoman in the Moon by Terrie Leigh Relf PoetryAlien Rose by Guy BellerantiTanka by Tyree CampbellIt Wasn't Silly Putty by Terrie Leigh RelfLife by Angela Acosta IllustrationsNuclear Insect by Denny MarshallBeautiful Death by Sandy DeLuca
Answering a distress call, March and Myrrha find a young woman who has deliberately been marooned on an uninhabited world. She claims to be Hoya Palologa, heir to the Palologa throne on Wanderby. But there is already a Hoya who has been invested as the heir apparent to that throne. Myrrha believes the claim of the Hoya she and March have encountered. Thus begins a journey to establish the succession, a journey made far more perilous because Hoya not only claims the throne, but is also a sinister personage with several crimes on her resume. March and Myrrha find themselves embroiled in internal politics on Wanderby, where the slightest wrong move can get them killed. The rulers on that world are oblivious to the subtle machinations of their underlings, one of whom has created a lookalike but false Hoya. Which one is which? And will death take the real one before March and Myrrha can stop it?
Illumen is a quarterly digest of science fiction and fantasy poetry, including minimalist forms such as haiku, haibun, empat perkataan, cinquains, and other forms, as well as more traditional formats for poetry. Featured Poet: Yuliia VeretaPlus: Deborah Sheldon, Christopher Hivner, Gary Every, and many more!
Illumen is a quarterly digest of science fiction and fantasy poetry, including minimalist forms such as haiku, haibun, empat perkataan, cinquains, and other forms, as well as more traditional formats for poetry. Featured Poet: Maureen BowdenPlus: Lisa Timpf, Randall Andrews, Dawn McCormack, Sandy DeLuca, and many more!
Crimes of some form will be with us as long as there are laws to break. Technology helps solve those crimes. But those solutions will always be found by the ones who get down and dirty-the detectives. Come see what the future holds for the dark side of law & order.Short StoriesHunters in the Maze by Mike AdamsonAcquisitiveness Can Kill by DJ TyrerSuttee by Tyree CampbellStolen Words by Iseult MurphyPhil, Sleuthing on His Own by Debby Feo ArticlesA Monetary Free Society by Peter MacQuarrie
Five hundred years into the future, Pevely Keiser is the capo of the criminal organization called Temmen. Temmen runs itself, for the most part, with only a few nudges from Pevely to keep people in line. Lately she has two things on her mind. She wants to do something good and useful with the funds that accrue to the gang. And she has a companion or two to help her...and to share her bed, for she well knows it's lonely at the top. An alien named Dorcas, who can project illusions designed to create joy or terror, has come to Pevely because a small group of her people have disappeared. Assisting Dorcas, Pevely finds herself up against the major corporate power in human trafficking--a power that dwarfs what her gang, Temmen, can muster. To salvage this one, she has to deal with a possible betrayal by someone she trusted completely, and rescue a family in distress, as well as see to a few strays she tends to accumulate during her activities. Along the way, she has to figure out why someone would abduct aliens who create illusions. As dangers gather like storm clouds, she is forced to rely on the one person she cannot trust: Dorcas the Illusian.
The Fifth Di... presents science fiction, fantasy, and dark fiction for your reading enjoyment. Come meet the difficulties and the characters who deal with them in The Fifth Di...In this issue:FeaturesThe Astronaut Always Rings Twice Reviewed by Lisa Timpf Short StoriesThe Origin of Mirial by N. E. MatinMoving with the Times by Rick DanforthDaysider in Nighttown by Tom Howard Flash FictionPhysical Humor is a Dying Medium by Gustavo BondoniA Million Miles Away by Christian RileyThe Heart of the Island by Andrew Hughes PoetryThe Greening by Bruce BostonPopulation Attitudes by Roxanne BarbourHistorical Drift by Bruce BostonSneaky Spaceship Cats by Roxanne BarbourObserved and Recorded by Bruce BostonLife Sustaining by Roxanne Barbour IllustrationsSweet Gypsy Fortuneteller by Sandy DeLuca
Shelter of Daylight features positive and uplifting science fiction and fantasy. In this issue you'll find a magical standing stone that swallows up a visitor; the call for a mermaid child to return to the ocean; the destroyer of a civilization, and its rebuilder; and much more. Short StoriesRainbow Ghosts by Maureen BowdenCymodoce by Joseph CarrabisFall of the Dark God by Mike AdamsonThe Price of Remembering by Lisa TimpfAt the Edge of the Wood by Angelisa Fontaine-WoodRule of Threes by Rebecca Hardy PoetryPeace Is Possible by Guy BellerantiA Life Well Spent by Peter MacQuarrie IllustrationsInk Woman by Sandy DeLuca
Lisa is the last survivor of six astronauts who were sent into space aboard the Laika to test the new faster-than-light drive and to explore other worlds. She was gone for 38 years, but time dilation makes her return 9,000 years later. The Earth is mostly a desert, and few humans have survived. She wants to find out why this happened. She is aided by Rachel, the Laika's computer who has come to life, and by Elly, a reclusive Kentucky moonshiner who wants to learn more about her milieu. They encounter a desolate land sparsely populated by disparate folk whose societies are based on what little commerce exists. There are isolated groups of religious fanatics who enslave others. Finally Lisa's search winds up at the long-abandoned site of Area 51, where she and her companions learn the truth about the fall of Earth.
Out on their first date, high school seniors Colo Collins and Tama Toledo are taken aboard a spaceship and offered the chance to intervene in various events in the Universe. These events can range from stopping an asteroid from striking a planet to helping someone find her house keys. But there's a catch: both Colo and Tama have to agree that an intervention should be performed . . . and sometimes they'll have to perform the intervention themselves!Each problem they are presented has to be solved by critical thinking. In some instances, time travel and body-swapping with alien sentient beings is necessary. This novel is intended for an adult audience, but is certainly suitable for high school ages.
The scion of a corporate hierarch, Angrboda Vigdisdottir (Ayvy) wants to hijack a gold shipment to prevent an interstellar war. Disgraced security operative Pol Cahill is the ideal partner for her, given his skill set. Unfortunately, personalities clash. Finally, on a remote world, the two encounter one another in a tavern, and find that a young woman named Nohana, intensely educated and with a desire to travel among the stars, takes to the pair. But the personalities continue to clash even as plans are laid to steal the gold. Nohana fills the power vacuum and becomes the so-called adult in the room. But Cahill is shot and wounded before they can carry out their plan. Nohana now has no choice but to try to save the day, despite her lack of experience. Meanwhile, the war awaits.
Illumen is a quarterly digest of science fiction and fantasy poetry, including minimalist forms such as haiku, haibun, empat perkataan, cinquains, and other forms, as well as more traditional formats for poetry. Featured Poet: Jennifer Lee RossmanPlus: Lee Clark Zumpe, Avra Margariti, Tony Daly, Emma Laurent, Deborah Sheldon, and many more!
The Fifth Di... presents science fiction, fantasy, and horror for your reading enjoyment. This issue includes a problem with fragments of life, magic cards if treated right, ghosts of girls on the road, a woman who misuses her creative powers, a perfect Eden that's broken, and much more. Come meet these difficulties and the characters who deal with them in The Fifth Di...
Her day name is Lisa Verdi. She comes from Ecuador, she's a bit kinky, and she is descended from the Incas, by whom she is empowered. She can sense crimes before they are committed, and the sensation arouses her-so she watches, to intervene at the very last moment, because she's the one she pleases. Now she has a chance to end the battle between herself and Pizarro, the destroyer of the Inca Empire. But to do so, she needs the sword that originally killed the conquistador, and it's in a museum in Peru. So what's a superheroine to do? One thing at a time...
Pyra has paid off her debt to Mark the Shark, who now wants her to work for him. She likes her independence, and returns to Europa with Kathi, whose parents have allowed her to travel in space for a while. Also with her is Jahn Gassen, who delivered goods to Pyra's ship and was accidentally taken into space. Pyra returns to Europa to study under Dr. Mairead O'Rourke. She receives a telepathic message from the morrikaru, the blind seal-like creatures who live in the ocean under the crust of Europa. The morrikaru report strange sounds coming from the walls around the ocean. Pyra and Kathi go to investigate, and find a crack in the walls. What if the surface of Europa should collapse? Uh-oh.
The Martian Wave features stories of the exploration and settlement of other worlds. In here you will encounter a denizen of the deep ocean on a strange planet; a remote world where nothing much happens-until it does; hallucinations and other labor problems; a remodeling of future Earth; the arrival of not-so-benevolent aliens; and much more!FeaturesIndigo Reviewed by Gustavo Bondoni NoveletteThe Leviathan Awakens by Steve Cameron Short StoriesNamug by Gustavo BondoniNight Patrol by Regina ClarkeSalvage World by David CastlewitzTo Lie with Spirit by Shaun DukeAres by Randall AndrewsThey Came in Peace by John Darling Flash FictionA Dream of the Universe by Christina SngTime Shards by Kathy Latusik PoemsCancer: Celestial Crustacean by Maureen BowdenWhat Really Happened at Roswell by DJ TyrerAt the Edge of the Universe by Christina SngA Messed-Up Mnemonic by Maureen BowdenFootprints with Claws by Debby FeoSpace Zoo by Christina Sng
Crimes of some form will be with us as long as there are laws to break. Technology helps solve those crimes. But those solutions will always be found by the ones who get down and dirty-the detectives. Come see what the future holds for the dark side of law & order.Short Stories Double or Nothing by Lindsey DuncanMaisie and the Missing Ticket by Angelique FawnsHeart of Gold by Lisa TimpfDon't Wake the Children by David McGillverayHack Her by Mikel J. WislerThe Sound of Death by Gareth D. Jones IllustrationsMaisie by Devin Towrie
Dark As Life features dark stories of trying to stay alive under dismal living conductions. Some of those conditions are created by ourselves, others are creared for us. In a South American country, a government is 'disappearing' its dissidents. A psychotic woman has to deal with a useless husband and spiders in the laundry room, and spending grocery money on therapy that isn't working. Temporal transformations becomes the cost of doing business, even when they go awry. You'll find all this and more on these pages. Turn them carefully.
Shelter of Daylight features positive and uplifting science fiction and fantasy. In this issue you'll find a very unlikely means of time travel; a computer who helps a colony evolve; a prince who is a swan and has a destiny; dragons who demand periodic sacrifices; reviews of three books; and much more.
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