E-Zines and More

Some more goodies as this holiday weekend (in the states) begins.


E-Fiction
The latest issue of The Edge of Propinquity is online with

"Luminations - Curve" by Rick Silva
Twenty-five years ago, Bobby Whittaker betrayed and helped to murder Mattie Ives. Now Mattie is on a path of vengeance against all of the people responsible for her death. Bobby Whittaker died in a car wreck seven years after he helped kill Mattie. But Mattie isn't about to let that little detail get in the way of her revenge.


"Santa Maria - Stars" by James M. Sullivan
Daphne gets one last message from Rodina and her son has news for her, too. Brady and Calliope grow closer while Ant tries to calm Rod down, only to be interrupted with another crisis.


"Solstice - Spring, Part Three" by Ivan Ewert
The best-laid plans of gods and men are often undone by a single whim, and as Vulcan succumbs to his capricious temper, a nighttime chase unfolds through the winding hills of the countryside - a chase which can have only a single winner.


"Danyael - If At First You Don't Succeed" by Nick Bergeron
Doing good can be a lot more complicated than it seems. If you don't think about what you're doing, you can often do more ill than good, or find yourself in dire straights. They say that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Mine was paved with quarters.


June Guest Author - "Choice" by Alma Alexander
It is Essen's birthday and as a birthday gift, an angel gives Essen the choice to have the life that could have been. But Essen is wary as gifts come with a price and she isn't sure she wants to pay the price to have a life she's only dreamed of.



And at Planet Magazine: "The Package" by Ilan Herman.

"Jeff gasped and took the helmet off. The creature dissolved. Jeff stood trembling. A moment passed and the creature was still gone. Jeff patted the helmet inside and out but found nothing unusual. He gingerly put the helmet back on. The sky-blue life-form reappeared."

Online HERE.



Audio Fiction
At PodCastle: Miniature 34: "The Orange" by Benjamin Rosenbaum, read by Paul S. Jenkins.

"It was an unexpected thing, the temporary abdication of Heavenly Providence, entrusting the whole matter to a simple orange."

Streaming and in MP3 download HERE.



Comics
At Cool-Mo-Dee: American Flagg issues Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, and One. PG-13ish.













Other Coolness
(Flash) At Flash Fiction Online: "Love Bound" by Scott Lininger.
(Flash) At Flash Fiction Online: "Beyond Pandora" by Robert J. Martin.
(RPG) At A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons: "Twenty Trivial Trinkets"
(RPG) At The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope: One page dungeon “There Are No Tails in Zomboanga” by Buzz Burgess.
(Science) At The Universe Today: "Perchlorates and Water Make for Potential Habitable Environment on Mars"