Aurora Wolf

A Literary Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy

ISSN 2152-4599

Future Tense

Future Tense By Rory Steves      “No!” I screamed, “No! Must stop her! Must protect her!”      The door opened, and in walked the blonde nightshift nurse with the needle. I could never quite see her face in the shadows. I pulled
Future Tense

Shaman Born

Shaman Born By Alva Roberts             A thick sheet of ice and snow covered the land, the only breaks in the endless field of white were the evergreen trees, nature’s last stand against the encroaching winter. It was always cold but the ...
Shaman Born

TREE LINE

TREE LINE By Christine Rains Purl dove for the hand still visible above the white sand. Her fingers did not manage to catch a firm hold before it was sucked downwards. She heard a helpless scream and realized it was coming from ...
TREE LINE

Darvana and Curse of the Scurlot

Darvana and Curse of the Scurlot By Paula Ray Graphic Art by Jack S. Rogers They’re here, again. Leather wings beat against the tin roof. Talons scratch metal with a sinister screech. The hair on Darvana’s arms stands at attention and dread wiggles ...
Darvana and Curse of the Scurlot

Poseidon’s Claim

Poseidon’s Claim By Aubrie Dionne The surf churned bubbles in the sand, and whale-sung elegies rode
Poseidon’s Claim

The Night of the Cloud Spectre

The Night of the Cloud Spectre A Story of the Crow Witch   Mike Phillips Evil passed through the land. In the form of a low hanging cloud, thick and black amid the morning mist, it drifted upon the wind. It was a thing ...
The Night of the Cloud Spectre

Floating Head Employment Agency

The Floating Head Employment Agency By Rory Steves       Cold, incredible cold, was the first sensation I had upon awakening. Bone-numbing cold, it was so cold I couldn't even feel myself breathing.
Floating Head Employment Agency

Never Happened

Never Happened By Hugh Fox Art by Maria Costa-Fox       It was just luck that he’d gotten into the building at all. He didn’t want to ring from
Never Happened

Curing a Plague

Curing a Plague By Jeff Bowles Death had always been a common thing on the moon Edain. It had been
Curing a Plague

Epiphany

Epiphany by Ann Gimpel Wind whipped along the sastrugi dislodging small
Epiphany

Returned Message

                                  Returned Message                                      by                         Michael C. Keith Something wicked this way comes  -- Ray Bradbury
Returned Message

Deja-who?

Deja-who? Rory Steves "Who are you?" my wife screamed, "What are you doing in my bed?" She paused long enough to look under the sheets, and discovered we were both nude.
Deja-who?

Bushman

Bushman by Louis B. Shalako (Adult Satire) Bushman froze into immobility, staring at himself in the mirror to determine the effectiveness of his disguise. His ghillie suit
Bushman

Trees Falling in the Subatomic Forest

Trees Falling in the Subatomic Forest by Don Norum      Elizabeth Waterstone pressed the key for the intercom by her right knee. “There’s a man
Trees Falling in the Subatomic Forest

Beautiful People

Beautiful People By Neil Carstairs   Brey Island was only accessible by
Beautiful People

Isle of Shadows

Isle Of Shadows By Lance Young Yet another in an endless chain of waves splashed
Isle of Shadows

Chelsea’s Sea

Chelsea's Sea by Russ Colson               Chelsea froze at the sight of the dead body.  A
Chelsea’s Sea

The Beginning of Something Wonderful

The Beginning of Something Wonderful First Story in the Tavern on the Edge of Everywhere Series By Kirby McNarie
The Beginning of Something Wonderful

Dryad

Dryad Deborah Szajngarten   Everyone knew that Dr. and Mrs. McDermott had the most magnificent trees in the neighborhood. 
Dryad

Old Friend

Old Friend by John Arthur Miller  The full moon reflects from puddles in the middle of the arena.  Stale blood congeals and coagulates in those dark surfaces from earlier battles. 
Old Friend

Art by Jack S. Rogers for a short story written by Paula Ray called Darvana and the Curse of the Scarlot in issue five. The story was among those selected for the upcoming Dreams and Screams Anthology by the Best of Six publishing websites sponsored by Liquid Imagination Publishing. See BeforeDawn and Liquid Imagination in link column.

Future Tense

Future Tense
By
Rory Steves
     “No!” I screamed, “No! Must stop her! Must protect her!”
     The door opened, and in walked the blonde nightshift nurse with the needle. I could never quite see her face in the shadows. I pulled

Shaman Born

Shaman Born
By Alva Roberts
            A thick sheet of ice and snow covered the land, the only breaks in the endless field of white were the evergreen trees, nature’s last stand against the encroaching winter. It was always cold but the elders said that there had never been a winter as long as this one. Spring [...]

TREE LINE

TREE LINE
By Christine Rains
Purl dove for the hand still visible above the white sand. Her fingers did not manage to catch a firm hold before it was sucked downwards. She heard a helpless scream and realized it was coming from between her own cracked lips. Fine grains flew up to pollute her mouth as another [...]

Darvana and Curse of the Scurlot

Darvana and Curse of the Scurlot
By Paula Ray
Graphic Art by Jack S. Rogers
They’re here, again. Leather wings beat against the tin roof. Talons scratch metal with a sinister screech. The hair on Darvana’s arms stands at attention and dread wiggles up her spine like worms. She knew the Scurlots would return. Her father, Kartu, warned [...]

Poseidon’s Claim

Poseidon’s Claim
By
Aubrie Dionne
The surf churned bubbles in the sand, and whale-sung elegies rode

The Night of the Cloud Spectre

The Night of the Cloud Spectre
A Story of the Crow Witch
 
Mike Phillips
Evil passed through the land. In the form of a low hanging cloud, thick and black amid the morning mist, it drifted upon the wind. It was a thing of the ancient world, made to take this spectral form while the sun followed its [...]

Floating Head Employment Agency

The Floating Head Employment Agency
By Rory Steves
      Cold, incredible cold, was the first sensation I had upon awakening. Bone-numbing cold, it was so cold I couldn’t even feel myself breathing.

Never Happened

Never Happened
By Hugh Fox
Art by Maria Costa-Fox
      It was just luck that he’d gotten into the building at all. He didn’t want to ring from

Curing a Plague

Curing a Plague
By Jeff Bowles
Death had always been a common thing on the moon Edain. It had been

Epiphany

Epiphany
by
Ann Gimpel
Wind whipped along the sastrugi dislodging small

Future Tense

Mar-8-2010

Shaman Born

Mar-6-2010

TREE LINE

Mar-6-2010

Poseidon’s Claim

Mar-3-2010

Never Happened

Jan-31-2010

Curing a Plague

Jan-6-2010

Epiphany

Dec-30-2009

Returned Message

Dec-27-2009

Deja-who?

Dec-26-2009

Bushman

Dec-23-2009

Beautiful People

Dec-8-2009

Isle of Shadows

Dec-5-2009

Chelsea’s Sea

Nov-28-2009

Dryad

Nov-9-2009

Old Friend

Nov-2-2009
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