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The Fifth Di... presents science fiction, fantasy, and horror for your reading enjoyment. This issue includes an alternate tale of Iphigenia, sacrificed by her father during the Trojan War; a new look at Pandora; the problems with species reassignment therapy; and the end of the end of the world. Come meet these characters and others in The Fifth Di...
Illumen presents science fiction and fantasy poetry, as well as speculative poetry, all covering a wide range of topics. This issue includes:Featured Poet: William R. Ford Jr.Article: Creating Triptychs by Terrie Leigh RelfPlus Marge Simon, Deborah Guzzi, Maureen Bowden, Denny Marshall, and many more voices!
Pyra, age thirteen, is running away from home in the Asteroid Belt because she''s not doing well in school. Her parents want to send her to Mars for school, and she doesn''t want to go. She sneaks aboard a cargo shuttle, and falls asleep in the hold. When she awakens, she finds herself in free-fall; the shuttle has been seized by the Tektites, a group of rebel pirates . . . . . . and the adventures begin!This novel is "kid-safe," i.e., no cussing and no adult themes, just adventures for the whole family.
Five hundred years into the future, Pevely Keiser is the capo of the criminal organization called Temmen. Temmen runs itself, for the most part, with only a few nudges from Pevely to keep people in line. Lately she has two things on her mind. She wants to do something good and useful with the funds that accrue to the gang. And she wants a companion or two to help her...and perhaps to share her bed, for she well knows it''s lonely at the top.While Athena, Pevely''s computer who has taken the form of a young woman, strives to humanize herself, Pevely encounters an enigmatic young man on the run, and agrees to help him. A relationship forms, which ends in murder. Pevely is now bound to seek retribution, and winds up opposing powerful corporate hierarchs in the process-hierarchs with their own power-grabbing agenda that cannot but bode ill for the people of the Confederation. The outcome is unpredictable as Pevely''s companions face certain death if they try to protect her.
The Martian Wave features short stories and novelettes about the exploration and settlement of other worlds. Included are possible topographies, alien life forms, probable dangers, complications, and survival chances.
Tanner-human but with a Motic DNA splice that turns her blue-wants to find out why, after a millennium of space travel, humans are no longer going out into space. Now that she works for the Historical Institute, she has the authority and the funding to conduct an investigation on Earth. But there are subtle and violent forces at work there, and she and her new-found companions must soon flee for their lives.Complicating her assignment is internal turmoil at the Institute. A rogue faction is trying to take control of the seven Families that manage it, and has ordered Tanner''s death. Meanwhile, Tanner''s sponsor is trying to protect her and yet defend herself. With enemies all around her, Tanner has to put her life into the hands of an unlikely quartet of allies.
Mars sends his avatars to wrest the magic talisman from Peridot. To lure her into a trap, those avatars include two men she''s interested in. Worse, they threaten her friends Stéphanie and Nathalie. Peridot, whose human name is Ricia Ryder, takes them to the springs in northern France, where Sequana, the Celtic goddess who empowers Peridot, has a long-dormant shrine. Peridot activates the shrine, and people come from nearby hamlets to seek cures for their infirmities.Mars, however, is focused on the talisman. He abducts Ricia and takes her to Mount Olympus, where there is a confrontation with Zeus regarding proprieties in battles between gods. Stéphanie, meanwhile, learns a secret about Ricia that threatens to tear apart the friendship among the three women. Peridot, who seeks to do some good in the world, may not be able to do this for much longer-not if Stéphanie, a journalist, has also become an avatar of Mars.
The Martian Wave presents science fiction and fantasy about the exploration and settlement of other worlds, all for your reading enjoyment. This issue includes tales of aliens in disguise on Earth; a genetically-engineered woman who goes astray; and the first Martian. Come meet these characters and others in The Martian Wave.
Matt has a special gift that will enable him to avenge his brother's death. Kerise has another use for that talent, if only she can persuade him to abandon his personal quest and help her with a project called Indigo.Echelon, a secret government project, also wants Matt for his gift. Because he and other like him cannot be controlled, they pose a threat to national security. Orders go out to have them eliminated.Interpol is on the lookout for Kerise and for the Indigo project. There is no place on Earth where Matt and Kerise and her associates will be safe. Nowhere on Earth... but they cannot be safe unless Matt commits himself to Indigo. And he's not about to do that...
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