Issue #4 Contents

Fiction

The Plant Sitter by James S. Dorr
The Incident on Highway 19 by C.J. Henderson
The Hoppwood Tenant by Stanley C. Sargent
Taking it to Heart by Harrison Howe
Confession by Greg Beatty
Dead in the Water by Christopher Fulbright
Learning to Live with Dorian by Leila Eadie
Yellow is the Color of Tomorrow by Ron Shiflet
Vamp Until Ready by Wendy Leeds

Also

What Rough Beast Comes, an ongoing graphic tale by Bill Skaar & William Jones

Sedna and the Exploded Planet Hypothesis , an article exploring theories on the planet Sedna and its effect upon our own world, by Lisa Agnew

Poetry by Ann K. Schwader, Peter A. Worthy, Corrine De Winter, Kevin L. Donihe, Lee Clark Zumpe, Eric Hermanson, John Grey, and Wesley Lambert

Artwork by Dave Senecal, Allen Koszowski, Bryan Reagan, Chris Hill, Steven Gilberts, Dean Kuhta, Cathy Buburuz, and Arylkia

Fiction and gaming reviews, a writer's contest, a puzzle contest with prizes!! A comic, and more!


The Plant Sitter by James S. Dorr

Fortunately, he thought, he had means, independent wealth based on his late father’s stock holdings, half of which had passed to him when he reached twenty-one. And as for the remainder, most of these were held in trust, enough to keep him comfortable enough the rest of his life, regardless of the market’s recent gyrations. Regardless, as well, of his expensive hobbies....

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The Incident on Highway 19 by C.J. Henderson

January 1st
Well, a new year begins and so last year’s work journal is put aside and a fresh one started. The wonderful thing about this year’s journal, however, is the fact that it will be kept, transcribed and even spell checked on and by my new voice recognition palm computer—in service now, even as I speak. Ah, the marvels of this modern age....

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The Hoppwood Tenant by Stanley C. Sargent

"What the hell kind of critter makes a hole like that? This damn thing goes way back into the hill. The mouth alone is big enough for a man to squeeze through, ‘though I’ll be damned if I’d be one to try!” exclaimed Delbert.....

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Taking it to Heart by Harrison Howe

Sunlight twisted through the thin part in the curtains, waking her. She opened one eye; the other was swelled shut. She touched unsteady fingers to her cheek, could feel the puffiness there. She took a quick inventory: her right thigh ached (did he kick her? Might have; must have). Her ribs on one side were tender, but she didn’t think any were broken. Not this time....

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Confession by Greg Beatty

“Carrie?”
Janie knocked again, but Carrie didn’t answer.
“Janie?”
Janie turned. “Hey Alice. I’m trying to wake Care Bear.”
“Yeah, well, she like, probably won’t be coming out anytime soon,” Alice said....

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Dead in the Water by Christopher Fulbright

Antonio stood in the bow of the small cabin cruiser like a sea captain eyeing the lay of ships before a battle. He placed one foot upon the edge of the prow and squinted into the distance. He pulled the .357 Magnum from his belt, spun the cartridge, and checked to make sure it was loaded before snapping it back in place....

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Learning to Live with Dorian by Leila Eadie

Bella couldn’t take her eyes from it. She sat before the painting and stared intently, drinking it in, and still she didn’t understand: why did it obsess her so?

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Yellow is the Color of Tomorrow by Ron Shiflet

The events leading to my demise began on a rather mundane and ennui filled afternoon in the fall of 1925. The day was unseasonably hot but not overwhelmingly so....

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Vamp Until Ready by Wendy Leeds

"I tell you, Olive, the woman is draining the life out of me. I don’t know why I married her. I must have been out of my mind.” My brother Orson’s message flashed up on my computer screen. “All she does is spend my money and complain that we live so far out in the country she has to drive thirty minutes to get a full body wax. You’d think, after all these years, I’d have learned my lesson about women, wouldn’t you?”

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