(The following is an excerpt from an, as yet, unpublished novel, ‘When Blood Runs Cold’.) Peace would not come to him. The ache that the Abbot had repeatedly told him would lessen and fade away still stabbed at his heart. Four years! Four years of brutal, gruelling training of both mind and body. Studying … Continue reading ‘Killing is What I Do’ by Jonathan Saville
Before dinner that Tuesday, I sat back in my leather-bound chair and indulged in a few moments of feeling quietly safisfied. Recently I had even felt the beginnings of optimism. After years of cloud and storm, the sun had broken through and I could at last bask in the success that I deserved. After … Continue reading ‘The Easy River to Success’ by Mark Lord
Sir Lochlan Mayes’s breaths were coming hard as he bent over in the stifling heat scorching the city streets of Goldenshore. It had been especially hot this summer on the coast of the Southern Sea, and today was no different. Lochlan put his hands on his knees, watching the sweat drip off of the tip … Continue reading ‘Three Gold Pieces’ by Brock L. Noel
When Cassie sat on the rooftop of her house Late one night and looked up Into outer space, She wanted nothing more Than to see a shooting star Just so she could make a wish. But, she wondered, does anyone on Earth Know what these messengers are, Or where they really come from? From another … Continue reading Dreamcatcher, by Aaron J. Berg
Metal cylinder burn through world. Fiery screams. Awe. Terror. Much death. Silence. The hot thing stand on The Under. Then. Open. Emerging, moving. New sounds: ". . . and remove your helmets. . . Wow, this is fantastic; get a few lungfuls of this atmosphere. . . Better than Earth’s. . . I could breathe … Continue reading 10 Years Ago in Planet… “Noses” by Thithp of Blipp
Planet Magazine: Wild Science Fiction and Fantasy -- Online since 1994 -- FREE! Planet is the free, award-winning and groundbreaking electronic magazine of short science fiction and fantasy by emerging writers and illustrators. Our goal is to encourage authors and artists and to just have fun. There could be other, hidden aims, of course, … Continue reading What Is Planet Magazine?
There are three basic ways to read Planet Magazine, which in September 2004 changed from a quarterly webzine (HTML) format to a regularly updated blog-style format: - Read the latest posts in the main column on the home page. The top posting is the newest, and they get older as you page down. Stories, … Continue reading How to Read Planet Magazine
Since 1994, Planet Magazine has appeared in a variety of formats, mostly HTML (Web pages) but also Acrobat PDF, plain text, DOCMaker (Macintosh only), and Palm (PRC). Click below to access these issues. Planet now appears in a weblog-style format, which displays recent entries and archives them automatically. Please use the Calendar or the … Continue reading Back Issues
READ ME FIRST Read Planet Magazine first to get a sense of what we want in terms of style and story length. Planet Magazine accepts original, unpublished, and complete short science fiction or fantasy stories and poems from any adult writer. Accepted stories will be proofread and minor changes (such as corrections to punctuation … Continue reading Submission Guidelines
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