This issue features three original short stories (mysteries by M.A. Monnin [thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken], and Edd Vick & Manny Frishberg, plus a fantasy story by D J Tyrer), and an original science fiction novel by Thomas A. Easton.Furthering the mystery section, we also have a great tale by John M. Floyd (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman) a classic novel by William J. Burns & Isabel Ostrander, and a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.Rounding ...

20 stories of magic and technologyAlmost everyone carries a smartphone these days. They sit in pockets and on tables. They sleep on headboards and are the first things their owners check in the morning. They’ve edged out more mundane equipment like calendars and MP3 players.They aren’t magical, of course. Or are they?In Untethered: A Magic iPhone Anthology, 21 authors twist reality and call into question the mundanity we hold in our hands. ...

More Alternative Truths is an exploration of the potential consequences of today’s politics in our daily lives. More than our individual lives, but our American identity.This exploration defines this anthology. So many of the stories ask what has America become? What will it be in the future? Will it devolve into a Russian style oligarchy, or will we rise to the challenge and use our hearts, our minds and our votes to return to a rational democracy, of, by, and for the people. No o...

The stories in Truer Love and Other Lies deal with Boneypunk, indeterminate angels, and man's inhumanity to, well, everything. On further investigation, a part is played by crackerjack popes, reluctant revolutionaries, illegal temporal aliens, and dead giants who love Get Smart. Further, truer love would simply have to include smartass prophets, avenging whales, defenders of Wonderland, and the inevitability of becoming a werewolf when hired by the moon.Ranging from hard science to...

Science Fiction Magazine featuring short stories, poetry, artwork, articles, reviews.The SF Caledonia special, featuring stories from Scottish writers.Beth NuttallCallum McSorleyCat HellisenDavid Tam McDonaldEly PercyEric BrownKaty LennonKen MacLeodLaura ScotlandLaura WattsMoira McPartlinRichard GregsonTH DrayIncluding the winning story of the Cymera/Shoreline of Infinity ...

Shoreline of Infinity published brand new science fiction stories from writers from all over the world. In this issue we also present our new comic feature, The Beachcomber. We have book reviews, an interview with new writer Dee Raspin, and we continue our exploration of classic Scottish science fiction, with A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lyndsay.StoriesTime for Tea—J.K. FultonThe Slipping—Miriam JohnsonLacewing—Edd VickInto the Head, I...

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR* Aztec Astronauts* Punster Prophets* Apocalyptic Apps* Cantankerous Cryptids* and the Duck KnightFifth annual volume of the Unidentified Funny Objects anthology series features eighteen lighthearted science fiction and fantasy tales from the masters of the genre.Read about planetary adoptions, secret agent princesses, alien cooking reality shows, rigged elections, magical insurance agents, and much more.

Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine is published in Edinburgh, Scotland. It features short fiction, articles, poetry, art, reviews and more. The first issue was published in the summer of 2015; already we have published some astonishingly good stories from new and more well known writers, from Scotland and from around the world.We also run a monthly science fiction cabaret, Event Horizon.This is a special edition produced in partnership with the...

Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction MagazineAs the leaves turn to brown or the blossom appears (Northern or Southern hemispheres) we have some great new stories, interview with Simon Mordem, a freshly minted column by Ruth EJ Booth, poetry from Andrew Blair and Ruth Aylett. We have a fine selection of book reviews, a new comic from Stuart Beel, and our journey through classic Scottish science fiction continues with George MacDonald. And not forgetting our regular brain b...

Psychologists—and others—are greatly concerned about the effects—possible and assured—of machines and the machine age, on human life and endeavor. But who has ever stopped to consider the possible reactions—or thoughts—of the advanced machine of the future? That, apparently, was left to our brothers across the sea, and one of them at least has done an excellent bit of work on its presentation. Here is a story that is different indeed, and thoroughly English in its atmosphere!This c...

New short storiesE.M. Faulds – A Flight of Birds Simon Nagel – They Came To Hear Him Play His Music When The Sun Went Down Gary Gibson – The President is Possessed Elana Gomel – DanaeCat Hellisen – The Death and Resurrection of Mantis-Class Destroyer 'Sentimental Journey', previously 'General Patty Styne', deceasedDavid L Clements – What is Hard Science Fiction?ReviewsCitizens of Nowhere: an Anthology of Utopic Fiction - Rowan B. Fortune (Ed), Review by ...

Now, learn the master key for writing great short stories, and the strategies for using them to advance your writing career!As most writers will tell you, the hardest fiction form to master is the short story. To be successful, a short story needs to have "emotional wallop," and in under 7,000 words.Not easy to do.In this book, #1 bestselling writing teacher James Scott Bell explains the essential ingredient for a successful short story, no matter t...