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Natural Selection
“Natural Selection” by Lindsey Duncan “Why are we stopping?” Pazia Ke’Lieren wondered, pressing her nose against the window as the carriage glided to a halt. “And where are we?” Massive trees loomed on all sides, their leaves a fiery barricade … Continue reading
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Factory Girl
“Factory Girl” by Derrick Boden At the heart of every magical town lies a curse. The curse is the driveshaft, the motor, the preternatural fuel. Without the curse, there can be no magic. It’s a simple cost-benefit. Magic isn’t rocket … Continue reading
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Escape by Other Means
“Escape by Other Means” by Peter Hargraves She’d never known that sunshine could be depressing. The light looked sickly, streaming in through the filthy windows, something she’d never see again. For she had made up her mind. No waiting for … Continue reading
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A&A Reviews GODDESS RISING
Goddess Rising by Jay Hartlove The resurrected Desiree Macklin and Dr. Sanantha Mauwad are back in this third book in the Goddess Rising trilogy. In a previous tale, Sanantha – a psychiatrist and a practitioner of her homeland Haiti’s religions, … Continue reading
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A&A reviews COMMON SOURCE
Common Source by Bryan Thomas Schmidt Detective John Simon and his android partner Lucas George are back. Something is causing androids to cause property damage, and worse. What was the cause? Simon and his partner are assigned to the first … Continue reading
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A&A reviews SHIFT
Shift by C.N. Lesley In this standalone paranormal romance/mystery/thriller C.N. Lesley (the pen name of A&A Flash Editor Elizabeth Hull) chronicles the life of Lily, woman who’d been in the Witness Protection Program – and it failed her. People she … Continue reading
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Couped Up
Abyss & Apex‘s last two reading periods for both Fiction and Poetry had an incredible number of submissions. Apparently, lots of people who had time on their hands due to being stuck at home via Corvid-19 decided to use … Continue reading
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First Contact
Ken Poyner First Contact Most everyone was expecting Little gray men, two black Shiny hard-plastic-seeming eyes, Two spindly arms, four Or five fingers, insubstantial Legs, naked. Not sure why, But perhaps it is a racial Memory, or the average Of … Continue reading
The Distance
Cat Dixon The Distance The rockets, like shooting stars, zip across the sky, and the red glare will leave its imprint on your eye, but take heart, for once they disappear, their trails replaced with blue, you … Continue reading
A Planet’s Complaint
Lauren McBride A Planet’s Complaint My land was perfectly dry and barren until contaminating asteroids blasted into my atmosphere hurling water ice and organics that slowly dispersed across bare rock covering my surface with oceans and life, … Continue reading
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