SCIENCE  FICTION        FANTASY       HORROR    ~  FLASH   FICTION      MICRO  FICTION ~      

 

February/March 2010
Vol. VIII No. 4   ISSN: 1545-3650
 

AlienSkin Magazine®
Published Bi-Monthly Online

 

 

 

 

 

~ ~ ~ The Monk ~ ~ ~ by Jack Horne, England
She said the monk had hovered, hooded, faceless. A month to the day later, she died.
 

 

~ Silent Screams ~ ~ by Tim Worsham, Wisconsin
We died in droves ~ mouths open, miming silent screams ~ deboned by Void Wraiths in the dark.
 

 
 


Featured Fiction

Within this Gallery is a listing of our featured stories, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and horror tales were sure you'll find enjoyable.  Each genre is listed in the sections below.

Science Fiction:
Tales that nudge the virtual envelope toward an unknown future.  The here and now is stretched beyond the boundaries of Earth, beyond our civilization, to places enriched by unfettered imagination . . . enjoy the adventure ~  

 

Victory Garden
by Christopher Lockhart, Michigan
   "I've seen the results, Jerry," I said.
   Jerry stopped mid-dig, looked up at me from his small pit.  Actually he looked up and through me.  I waved a hand in his face.
READ STORY

Shirley Knott
by Abby Goldsmith, Missouri
   "Please step aside, ma'am," said the airport security guard, not bothering to look at her.
   "I have a boarding pass!"  Shirley clawed through her purse.
READ STORY

Fantasy Fiction:
Here are the tales that bend reality.  They tease us into believing the character's world is like our own, then they show us how it isn't
it's weird, wacky, and quite bizarre.

Kissed by the Mistletoe
by Rob Sharp, United Kingdom
1st Fiction Sale

   Getting away from it all by visiting a holiday village during school half term, might seem like a bit of a contradiction to most people.  But that was how Angela liked it.

READ STORY

Winter's Snow
by John LaFleche, Quebec, Canada
1st Fiction Sale

   It was one of the worst storms in history. Two feet of snow had already fallen with no sign that it was going to stop.

READ STORY

Horror Fiction:

These tales possess that air of creepiness.  They shove you into the shadows of the dark side of life.  Revel in it, or run . . .

Father Time
by Jason Brannon, Mississippi
   The clock had been there forever.  Or at least it seemed that way, its pendulum rocking back and forth like an inhabited tree swing on a sunny spring day.
READ STORY

One For Sorrow
by Andrew Knighton, United Kingdom
   Alex heard it in the night, its beak knocking against the bedroom window.  Feathers rustled as it spread its wings wide, a creature of mist and shadow.  How had it found him?
READ STORY

Zodo the Rabbit
by Mike Driver, England
   In the lonely darkness of the projector room, dust motes hanging in the silvered light, the effect was truly eerie.  Charlie chewed nervously at his lower lip . . .
READ STORY

 
 

 

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