Neil A. Hogan Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer
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Available in digital format from Amazon
When Dex suddenly feels one of his body segments becoming swollen and painful, he asks his egg-brother Emo for help.
Unexpectedly, he is thrust into a journey across a wasteland of acid pools and other dangers to find a female who can help him.
With the risk of death at every turn, can Dex find what he seeks before the light returns?
Find out more in Mate. #25 in the Science Fiction Short Reads Series. A short story of about 4100 words.
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When Rosa hires Jacob to help her discover alternate realities not detectable from this universe, she hardly expects him to find a way so quickly.
But then she discovers that Jacob has been one step ahead of her the whole time. And his solution to the experiment may affect the entire human race across all of space and time.
Cosmic Joke is #23 in the Science Fiction Weekly Series. A short reads story of about 4900 words.
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If you haven’t got a copy of Issue 14 yet, there’s not long to go. It’ll be retired on November 30th. It’s currently available in digital and in print.
In this issue:
Tilly and the Captain Go FTL
by John Hegenberger
Widdershins
by Regina Clarke
Requiem for a Hunter
by Lawrence Dagstine
Time Travel Suicide Therapy
by Olga Werby
Vanguard
by Jeremy E. Brown
The Double-Star Oblation
by Sean Mulroy
Available in Digital format
Available in Print format
Alien Dimensions #17
It’s likely Alien Dimensions #17 will be released in early February 2019. I’m still looking for one more story to complete it. If you haven’t submitted a story for consideration, now’s the time. Final date for submissions is Friday 30th November. If there are a lot of great submissions, then #18 will probably follow pretty quickly. Find out more here: Alien Dimensions Submission Guidelines Fantasy Short Stories Submission Guidelines
Alien Dimensions and Fantasy Short Stories closed for six weeks
I’ll be working on other things during this time, so I won’t be able to answer any new emails or read any new submissions for these series’ between 1st December 2018 and 12th January 2019. Apologies for any inconvenience. You’re still welcome to send submissions during that time. I’ll reply mid January.
Science Fiction Weekly
A number of stories that I’ve written, which have already appeared in archived Alien Dimensions issues, have now been rewritten and rereleased as part of the Science Fiction Weekly series, along with some completely new stories. You can find out more about the series here:
https://www.ScienceFictionWeekly.com
The two bestselling ones so far are ‘The Old Boys’ Club‘ and ‘Alien UFO Disclosure‘ Many thanks to everyone who has supported the series. The latest release is called ‘Time Sheets‘
When Mera leaves ProxiBee’s seventh moon in a huff, Jasper is surprised to find she has left behind a bill that had made its way to them through the nearby wormhole.
The troubling thing is, the bill is continuing to increase, and he can’t figure out a way to stop it.
If Jasper can’t find the solution to the sudden drain on resources, it could not only mean the end of his company, but also the moon itself.
Time Sheets is #22 in the Science Fiction Weekly Series. A short story of approximately 4200 words.
Last eNewsletter for 2018
Wishing you a great festive season and hope your New Year is awesome. Looking forward to connecting again in 2019.
Many thanks for reading
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When Mera leaves ProxiBee’s seventh moon in a huff, Jasper is surprised to find she has left behind a bill that had made its way to them through the nearby wormhole.
The troubling thing is, the bill is continuing to increase, and he can’t figure out a way to stop it.
If Jasper can’t find the solution to the sudden drain on resources, it could not only mean the end of his company, but also the moon itself.
Time Sheets is #22 in the Science Fiction Weekly Series. A short story of approximately 4200 words.
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Digital version available here
Three old boys are having their monthly get together, discussing esoteric concepts over wine and beer, when they discover something that they had not recognized about the universe before.
Something that will change how they perceive their reality, forever.
The Old Boys’ Club is #21 in the Science Fiction Weekly Short Reads series. A short story of approximately 4700 words.
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When Julie sees the Guider striding towards her, she knows something is up.
And when he invites her to a safe house to reveal that he had already known about her discovery, long before she had made it, she soon discovers that all is not as it seems.
With the dark matter having left the Oort Cloud, and now heading towards the inner Solar System, it is up to Julie to decide what to do next.
But she has absolutely no idea what that could be.
Could this mean the end of the human race?
A Little Matter is #20 in the Science Fiction Weekly short reads series. A short story of approximately 4600 words.
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The pod members on the inside of their bubble world roll back and forth in fear as the strange triangular shape breaks into their universe, and reveals something horrifying inside.
What is this long creature made of lines?
Why is it frozen in the air above them?
And what will happen if it touches the energy skin of their world?
First Interdimensional Contact is #19 in the Science Fiction Weekly short reads series. A short story of about 4500 words.
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Maisee has a plan to disrupt the zomboid working tradition in the tea plantations of the South, and enlists her dead husband to help. She wants the townsfolk to believe that selling their dead relatives to be reanimated as workers in the picking industry is a really bad idea.
But there is a bigger underlying plan that Maisee is unaware of.
Can she escape an A.I. that is always one step ahead?
Work After Death is #18 in the Science Fiction Weekly short reads series. A short story of approximately 5300 words.
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Available in digital format and via Kindle Unlimited
While experimenting on himself to raise his brain waves frequencies to see the areas of reality that a normal human cannot perceive, a scientist discovers something completely unexpected.
Something that could affect the entire human race now and forever.
‘Still in Beta’ is #17 in the Science Fiction Weekly Short Reads Series. A short science fiction story of about 5500 words
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Available from Amazon: Oh My God. It’s Full of Stars.
When Captain Dhead’s ship appears near a black hole binary system, his alien first officer Khyrks eagerly tells him that there is treasure in a tear in space-time, right in the center.
Slightly uneasy at being in such a dangerous part of space, Dhead sends a drone into the tear to investigate.
And finds something incredible.
‘Oh My God. It’s Full of Stars’ is #16 in the Science Fiction Weekly Series. A short reads story of about 4200 words.