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IN THIS ISSUE:
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This rather remarkable photograph of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is the property of the NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute. I selected it for this issue because some scientists believe Titan may have organic materials necessary for life to begin. Of course, the methane lakes might get in the way ... but who knows? BTW, here's a little contest. There's actually something wrong with this picture. I'd be interested to see who can spot it!
This issue's Name in Lights goes out to a friend and senior editor at Allegory - one who is leaving us. Sharon Reamer has been a tremendous asset to this venerable old e-zine for more than five years, lending her considerable talents to editorial writing and sifting through a sizeable percentage of the ever-larger number of submissions that we receive for each issue. Sharon is off to pursue other opportunities in the publishing world. She will be sorely missed, and it was a pleasure and an honor to have worked with her. Best of luck out there, my
friend! I'm sure you'll make us proud! |
Allegory
Welcomes The response we received from our recent open request for volunteer Assoicated Editors was unexpectedly enormous! Thank you all for your enthusiasm, as well as for your loyalty to this grand old e-zine. I'm pleased to report that Allegory now has not one, but two, new Associate Editors. Victoria Knobloch and Julia Nolan have courageously agreed to take up some of the mantle of reviewing the many submissions that we receive for each issue, and helping us decide which ones will make it onto these pages. Welcome aboard, Victoria and Julia! We look forward to working with both of you.
Articles"Writer's
Toolbox: Give 'Em What They Want
Fiction
He found himself still gazing at the briefcase.
From somewhere at the back of his mind, his old self insisted that he
had to have it.
"Terrible
Lizard King"
"Puppet
Princess " Luzminda waited patiently for her father to ride
out again on his glass-eyed horse before approaching the strange corner.
"Poyavlyat'sya," she said, and crept down the stairs. "Thrice
Times Torn" She is eighteen years old, and she is to be torn
for the first time. Her teary-eyed parents take her to the incubatory.
They have convinced themselves that they should encourage her, to make
it easier on her, because apparently pride is healthier than fear, but
she sees in their eyes how terrified they are, how terrified she should
be. Through the black-phlegm hallways she walks, a custodian at each
side of her, only inches away from clutching her arms as if they know
she wants to run. They have both been processed, and she sees the foreign
black tentacles ripping out where their mouths should be, the robotic
irises, the oily veins, the too-long, too-strong, boneless tendril-thumbs,
which still have nails at the end. Joy’s cold fear-sweat palpitates,
like the walls around her. The metal floor clanks, clanks, clanks beneath
her feet.
"Babyhead"
"Bladder
54 " If planets were streets, this one
was a back alley. Not a particularly sinister one, more like the kind
you get behind a mall's Chinese restaurant on a Saturday afternoon –
bleak, litter filled, and smelling vaguely of stale prawn noodles. It
was just a place where people passed the time between birth and death,
and if Captain Bloggart didn't get his can, that time would be a lot
shorter for some people.
"Neeta
Lyffe and the Best Career Day Ever" Neeta smiled. A personal invitation?
Maybe they weren't so blacklisted after all. "Absolutely! We signed
up."
"Death
and the Blue Blood Blues" “You know why I’m here, then.”
His voice had lost all intonation. He laced his hands together on the
table, waiting for confirmation.
Staff ShowcaseIn
this issue we're doing things a little differently. Instead of short
stories,
"Novel
Preview:
"Novel
Preview:
"Novel
Preview:
Honorable MentionsAllegory deals with submissions in the way that, as far as I know, remains fairly unique in the publishing world. Each story is individually reviewed and, if considered publishable, is placed in our "Maybe" pile. At the end of each submission period, these "Maybes" are reviewed, and the best eight chosen to appear in the next issue. This final cut is made on the basis of issue balance, and does NOT reflect the overall quality of these stories. That said, here - in no particular order - are the "Maybes" who just missed publication in Allegory. Each one is a fine tale that we would have been proud to publish. Remember these names, friends and fellows. You'll be hearing from them in the future. I guarantee it! Carry Jimmy by G.J. Wise |
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