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Editorial
Featured Novel
- "TimeShift" by Phillip Ellis Jackson
"Entering surface area," a mechanical voice intoned as the small, square-shape lift came to a stop at the top of the turbo shaft. "Please put on enviromasks and take all other necessary precautions to guard against ash contamination."
Read AFM's Q&A with author Phillip Ellis Jackson, and an excerpt from his novel TimeShift.
Featured Game
"Last Rose in a Desert Garden: A Poem of Sadness" by Jonas Kyratzes
"I walk. Endless desert. Red sand everywhere. The sun is hot and burning my skin, but I do not feel it.I feel nothing but emptiness and a certain sadness. I walk for hours without end, but time means nothing to me. There is no end to my pain."
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Short Fiction
- "Rite of Passage" by Robert J. Santa
"But he was the Warrior, and this was the first Day of the Two after the autumnal equinox. That was the day the Warrior set off to slay the Beast since long before even Gran-Papa Barooss could remember."
- "All Possible Possibilities" by Wolf Peterson
In Memory of Douglas Adams (1952--2001)
"Perfect is a matter of perspective. But in an infinite universe, shouldn't there be room enough for everyone's perspective?"
- "I Feel Like Oedipus" by C. C. Parker
"Her face was smeared with blood. Hurt welled up in her eyes. Are you judging me? he thought..."
- "The Most Important Day" by Jeremy Carr
"Always dress like it's the most important day of your life. That way you'll be sure to look good when the day finally arrives."
Series
- "Wasteland Blues" by Andrew Conry-Murray and Scott C. Carr
[Part Three] -- ""That's right," said Leggy. "We'll burn those fuckers out." He turned to Derek, "Unless you're scared, that is. We could always just go on our merry way," he chuckled and continued as if to himself, "You boys can't handle a few half-domesticated bugs, you're gonna love the Wasteland.""
- "Hot Dog and Crazy" by Christopher Wagner
[Contains Explicit Violence and Mature Content --Ed] [Part Three] -- ""It's O'Malley," he said to Crazy. "We'll get him, man. We'll get that fuck. He's just messing with your head, is all, and it's getting into mine. We'll find some way under his fucking skin and we'll get him.""
"To Drive the Cold Winter Away" by G. W. Thomas
[Part Three] -- "I had the day to kill. I had two men to kill, too. I hadn't forgotten about Psycho and Hater. But something told me I needed to deal with Jack first."
Comics
- "The Scavengers" by Fernando Ruiz
"Earth was not an easy planet to settle as its surface was littered with the crumbling remnants of the planet's long-extinct native population."
- "Synwulfe: Episode One [Part Three]" by S.C. Ringgenberg
"Good luck and good hunting..."
- "Synwulfe: Color Covers and Conceptual Art" by S.C. Ringgenberg
"A behind the scenes look at some of the conceptual designs, alternate covers, and color pages in the Synwulfe legacy."
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