This issue, we have a pair of Irish-themed stories (one dark, one light) by Christina Hoag and David Dean to welcome St. Patrick’s Day. Of course, there’s plenty more original fiction, too: tales by Ron Miller, Grant Tracey, Susan Shwartz, and CJ Erick, plus a new solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles. And, as always, we have some classics, too: science fiction shorts...

Bees versus murder hornets—not just a natural occurrence.Beverly Nautilus discovers something strange during an assignment in the Texas prairie: a derelict sculpture of a giant bee. When she investigates, the sculpture comes alive and begs her for help.Beverly wants nothing to do with talking bee-ships, but when she returns to her city apartment, the bee appears and shows her images of the danger approaching—giant space hornets intent on world dest...

The human colony on Timmistria is attacked in an escalating series of clandestine acts damaging food production, medical equipment, and technology. Colony manager Cara Harvestmoon, her partner, Paul, and the colony's leadership team scramble to increase security and identify the vandals and their motives. Can they believe the evidence that points to the vandals being a rogue sect of the native Timmistrian peoples? The acts of sabotage are serious and crippling to the colony's progress and ...

Named Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill SubsCarefully curated stories from After Dinner Conversation magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of bioethics. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions.Story Summary ListSacrificing Mercy: A devout Christian refuses a heart transplant b...

Demina.Protector Queen for all Timmistria's PeoplesA title that no native woman had ever assumed, and certainly no human woman. For Cara Harvestmoon, the leader of the human colony, the title is a call to arms and a crushing responsibility.With the threat of the human empire advancing, can Cara wield the power of a goddess to protect all her peoples and still maintain her humanity?Timmistria Rising is the second book in the Yellow World series by CJ...

He was a large yellow man in a green world.When pirates disable his interstellar transport, Lonin, the first Timmistrian ambassador to the Co-Operative League of Systems, is forced to abandon ship in an escape pod. Now alone and lost on an unfamiliar human world, he is captured by traffickers and thrust into an international war that threatens the stability of the entire planet — and any chance of escape.With only his untested diplomatic skills and the timeril sense that al...

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - March 2022Now You Know: Felons virtually live their victims criminal experience, and the ramifications of the crime.The Tomorrow Man: A young man claims he is able to "remember" the future.The Glowing Bonsai And The Kintsugi Pot: A penitant man attempts to stop the NSA from weaponizing his programmable light emitting plants....

Read a story per day from the end of November to January first...or binge the entire collection. Stories that center around holidays from American Thanksgiving and Black Friday to St. Nicholas Day, Hanukkah to Boxing Day, and of course, the worldwide biggies, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day. Award-winning and bestselling writers like Ron Collins, Annie Reed, Robert Jeschonek, and 28 others explore holidays in three different genres--mystery, romance, and light fantasy.

Named Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023, 2024" by Chill SubsCarefully curated stories from our monthly magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of technology. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions.Story Summary ListAbrama's End Game: Abrama learns the gods created her dimension as their ...

TIMMISTRIA!"Golden World of Opportunity and Adventure!"Or so said the emigration brochure. On that promise, Cara Harvestmoon had given everything so she and her brother Shawn could escape the hell of their home world for a new life on the golden forest planet.But they soon find themselves trapped at the center of a building global war between the two races of native peoples. The Timmon welcome the human colony for its promises of te...

This anthology follows the same theme as Ruth and Ann's Guide to Time Travel Volume I. In this anthology, 30 authors provide their amazing visions on the theme of time travel, showing their storytelling skills while delighting readers. These stories take readers to the past, alternate present, and the future.

15 Stories 15 AuthorsDown another forgotten hallway lie more unexplored rooms.Each room contains another world waiting to be discovered.Some are wonderful and beautiful, others are dark and terrible.You won't know which until you step inside.So take a deep breath, and open the door...Particular Passages 2: East WingFeaturing stories by:Edward Ahern - John T. Biggs - Dave D'Alessio - CJ Erick - J.T. Evans - Eric Fritz - Katie K...