afterburnsf.com - 6/13/2009
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Boots - C. L. Rossman Email this to a friend! He knew the day was going to go wrong when he got up and his boots didnât fit. His new boots. Picked up just yesterday from the artisan. âShould have tried them on,â he grumbled, shaking one off his foot. âCanât even squeeze a toeclaw in ...
theopinionguy.com - 6/16/2009
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OG’s Speculative Fiction Magazine Great news! OG’s Speculative
Fiction, Issue 18 has been released! It is a
special double issue with six great stories by Ben Farthing, Diane Gallant, Bruce Golden, Adrian Simmons, Greg Schwartz and Paula Stiles. It ...
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afterburnsf.com - 6/19/2009
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The Battle of Ganymede - Mark Laurence Email
this to a friend! 2541 C.E. Captain Robert Olsen
of the Martian cruiser, Defiant , scrutinized the alien ship via long-range sensors. Twelve hours ago, the ship, the size of a small moon halted a quarter of ...
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... to it and groped the surface of the desk for a pen." Online HERE . [via Free SF Reader ] [image] At RevolutionSF : "An Irdish Tale" by Jessica Reisman. "Warm rains blew through mostly deserted streets. The planet Ird's moon, Monstroso, shed light even through the thick clouds." Online HERE . [image] At Afterburn SF : "Boots" by C. L. Rossman. "He knew the day was going to go wrong when he got up and his boots didn’t fit." Online HERE . [image] Aphelion has its 133rd issue out with fiction by, Noel Carroll, ...
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Free Fiction and Stuff [courtesy of QuasarDragon] @Book View Cafe: "Nimuë's Tale" by Madeleine E. Robins (1988). Author Ilona Andrews has her short story "Questing Beast" online (2005). [via Free SF Reader] @RevolutionSF: "An Irdish Tale" by Jessica Reisman. @Afterburn SF: "Boots" by C. L. Rossman. @The Town Drunk: "The Bastard Saga" by Abby Rustad. Aphelion has its 133rd issue out with fiction by, Noel Carroll, Andy Echevarria, Ben Cooper, E. S. Strout, Dave Weaver, ...
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