to
AlienSkin
Magazine®.
Just in time for Summer our virtual Space
Stations has gathered more fiction for you to enjoy.
For a quick read we have
34
Stories and 8 Fibonacci Sequence
Poems aboard. A
nice mix of sci-fi, horror and flights of fancy.
Several writers
showcased in this issue are debuting with either their
1st Fiction
Publication
or
their
1st Paid Fiction Sale.
A hearty congratulations goes out these 8 first-timers:
appearing in our Flash Fiction section
Derek Mobley, North
Carolina
Dan F. Radel, Arizona
Carol Stone,
United Kingdom
appearing in our Micro Fiction section
Andrew Alford, New
Jersey
Tom Bruno, Colorado
Helen E. Kourous, Michigan
Trisha S. Maloy, Nevada
G. E. Smith, Illinois
Kudos to You All! Thanks for letting us
share your stories.
Joining us from abroad are
writers from Ireland, Israel, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom.
Writers from across the U. S. and Canada fill our remaining story and poetry slots. Illinois
wins out this time around as being the state where the majority of our
contributing writers hail from.
As always, we Welcome
all those who help make this issue unique.
AlienSkin
Magazine®
would also like to give
special thanks to
T. S.
Bach,
Mick Coleman,
Adrienne Ray,
Julya Oui,
David
Rees-Thomas,
and
Roger Lord Zeck for donating back
the payment for their stories. Their donations were used
to sponsor other fiction writers appearing in this issue of
AlienSkin.
T. S. Bach's story,
The Passing,
and Julya Oui's story,
Curse of the Nail, appear in our Flash Fiction section.
Columnists,
Elaine Isaak,
Dr. Kevin Hillman
and
Rob Shelsky
offer new genre-related articles
on fiction writing.
We also have a few writers sharing two of their works this issue. Writers featuring 2-fers are:
Michael R. Fosburg ~ 2 Flash fiction
Nick Salzmann ~ 2 Micro fiction
G. E. Smith ~ 2 Micro Fiction
Deborah Walker ~ 2 Fibonacci Poems
Our
Zap Room
is Smoking! Our gunners
fried 2 more victims. You can drop by that section of our
magazine
and see who's
roasting, namely:
Matthias Hoefler, and
our old pal and glutton for punishment (not to mention t-shirt
lover)
Michael R. Drost. The
Zap Room's easy to find ~ Just follow the
stench of Ozone and fried flesh!
If you feel brave enough to consider taking our
ZAP ROOM
challenge, click on
over to that section of the magazine for details.
With all the above said, sit back now and enjoy this issue of
AlienSkin Magazine®
~
Special Notice to Writers~
We Are Open to
Submissions of the
Following:
Flash Fiction (500-1,000 words)
Micro-Fiction (150 words exactly)
Fibonacci Sequence Poems
(6-lines/20 syllables total)
We are currently seeking speculative fiction of
500 words to
1,000 words in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and
horror ~ and 150 word micro-fiction.
Our
Word Counts Are Firm,
so please do not send any material under or over our stated
acceptable word counts. If you do you will receive an
auto-rejection and cause us to shake our heads at your inability
to follow simple instructions.
Our
Submissions
section contains
updated information about our current publishing needs, so take
the time to review our Submission Guidelines before you submit anything to
us.
AlienSkin Magazine®
is a paying market for genre fiction.
