{"id":28,"date":"2010-12-31T20:56:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T20:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2020-10-16T14:21:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T18:21:39","slug":"fiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><strong>The Listeners, <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gargoylemagazine.com\/\">Gargoyle Magazine<\/a>, Issue 71, March 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricspec.com\/Volume15\/Issue1\/emmel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>The Tenders<\/b><\/a>, Electric Spec, Vol. 15 Issue 1, Feb. 2020 (<i>The World of Dinian<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/fiction\/bb-fall2019-small\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1124\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1124\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/BB-Fall2019-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/BB-Fall2019-Small.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/BB-Fall2019-Small-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetscumm.space\/shop\/planet-scumm-vol-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>A Small Price to Pay<\/strong><\/a>, EVERYTHING! Volume 1: The First Four Issues, Spark &amp; Fizz Books, November 2019 (Reprint) (<em>The Perpetual Empire)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07YMYWTNK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>A Protector on the Road<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, Broadswords &amp; Blasters, October 2019 (<i>Irini)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetscumm.space\/shop\/planet-scumm-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>The Perpetual Empire<\/b><\/a>, Planet Scumm, September 2019 (<i>The Perpetual Empire)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1074638611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>A Sword of Bone<\/b><\/a>, Tales of Magic &amp; Destiny, Inklings Press, July 2019 (<i>The World of Dinian<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetherandichor.com\/2019\/06\/19\/the-pool-of-rim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>The Pool of Rim<\/b><\/a>, \u00c3\u2020ther\/Ichor, Issue #3, Solstice 2019 (<i>The World of Dinian<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><b>The Last Mission<\/b>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/the-midnight-legion\/mnl-3-the-portal-of-life\/\">Portal of Life<\/a>, Studio 9, 2019\u00c2\u00a0 (Reprint) (<em>Midnight Legion<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><b>The Ancients Awaken<\/b>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/the-midnight-legion\/mnl-3-the-portal-of-life\/\">Portal of Life<\/a>, Studio 9, 2019 (Reprint) (<em>Midnight Legion<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><strong>Passing the Torch<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/the-midnight-legion\/mnl-3-the-portal-of-life\/\">Portal of Life<\/a>, Studio 9, 2019 (<em>Midnight Legion<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starshipsofa.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/15\/starshipsofa-no-588-aaron-emmel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Engineers of Abundance<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, Starship Sofa No. 558, May 15, 2019 (Reprint)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/fantasy\/fantasy\/aaron-emmel\/the-ladies-of-lethseme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>The Ladies of Lethseme<\/b><\/a>, Daily Science Fiction, May 10, 2019 (<i>Irini<\/i>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serialpulp.com\/shop\/digital-issue-five\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>The Morning Tree<\/b><\/a>, SERIAL Magazine, March 2019 (<i>The World of Dinian<\/i>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/everydayfiction.com\/absolution-by-aaron-emmel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Absolution<\/b><\/a>, Every Day Fiction, January 2019 (<i>The Perpetual<\/i> <em>Empire<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/obraartifact.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>The Locket<\/b><\/a>, Obra\/Artifact, Issue #6, January 2019<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/storgy.com\/2018\/12\/10\/fiction-enclaves-by-aaron-emmel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Enclaves<\/b><\/a>, STORGY Magazine, December 2018 (<i>The Perpetual<\/i> <em>Empire<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/empyreome.com\/read.aspx?id=68\">The Engineers of Abundance<\/a><\/strong>, Empyreome, Volume 2, Issue 4, October 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starshipsofa.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/25\/starship-sofa-no-545-aaron-emmel\/\">A Small Price to Pay<\/a><\/strong>, Starship Sofa, July 2018 (Reprint)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apparitionlit.com\/stories\/phoenix-fire-fight-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Twelve Months<\/b><\/a>, Winner, Apparition Literary Magazine Flash Fiction Contest, June 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1986356159\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=aaremm-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1986356159&amp;linkId=1d116d54306e08949b80fa56aa15148c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Irini<\/b><\/a>, Broadswords and Blasters, April 2018 (<i>Irini<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetscumm.space\/shop\/planet-scumm-issue-3-you-win-scumm-you-lose-scumm\">A Small Price to Pay<\/a><\/strong>, Planet Scumm, February 2018 (<a href=\"https:\/\/planetscumm.bandcamp.com\/album\/you-win-scumm-you-lose-scumm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audio<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetscumm.space\/shop\/planet-scumm-issue-3-you-win-scumm-you-lose-scumm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Print<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/fiction\/mythic3-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-911\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-911\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/mythic3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/mythic3.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/mythic3-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/empyreome.com\/read.aspx?id=53\">The Last Mission<\/a><\/strong>, Empyreome Weekly Flash, September 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mythicmag.com\/2017\/06\/mythic-3-now-available.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">His Brilliant Eyes<\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, MYTHIC, Summer 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aurealis.com.au\/store\/aurealis-99\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Agents of Empire<\/strong><\/a>, Aurealis, #99, April 2017 (<em>The Perpetual Empire<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-816\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cover-fire-tree-of-si-aaron-emmel-200x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" alt=\"cover-fire-tree-of-si-aaron-emmel\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cover-fire-tree-of-si-aaron-emmel-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cover-fire-tree-of-si-aaron-emmel-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cover-fire-tree-of-si-aaron-emmel.jpg 440w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypertextmag.com\/adamantine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Adamantine<\/strong><\/a>, Hypertext Magazine, December 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/everydayfiction.com\/the-ancients-awaken-by-aaron-emmel\/\">The Ancients Awaken<\/a><\/strong>, Every Day Fiction, December 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/liquidimagination.silverpen.org\/article\/breaking-machine-aaron-emmel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Breaking the Machine<\/strong><\/a>, Liquid Imagination, November 2016 (<em>The Perpetual Empire<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sub-q.com\/fire-tree-si\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Fire Tree of Si<\/strong><\/a>, sub-Q Magazine, September 2016 (Interactive short story, <em>The World of Dinian<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prolificpress.com\/bookstore\/jitter-press-c-7\/jitter-issue-4-p-175.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Lullaby<\/strong><\/a>, Jitter, Issue 4, April 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1364831252\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>A Game of Dice<\/strong><\/a>, Game Fiction Volume 1, Anthology, Gold Shader Press, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/365tomorrows.com\/02\/25\/king-of-the-ruins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>King of the Ruins<\/strong><\/a>, 365 tomorrows, February 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chicagoliterati.com\/2016\/02\/01\/farewell-to-amanda-by-aaron-emmel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Farewell to Amanda<\/a><\/strong>, Chicago Literari, Andromeda: The Science Fiction Issue, February 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><strong>Small Kindnesses<\/strong>, Riding Light Review, Issue 7, Winter 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/jean-goldstrom\/strange-changes\/paperback\/product-22494369.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Life and Times of Doug<\/strong><\/a>, Strange Changes, Anthology, Whortleberry Press, 2015<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everydayfiction.com\/jacob-gayne-vice-president-by-aaron-emmel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">Jacob Gayne, Vice President<\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, Every Day Fiction, May 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">Quadratura Circuli<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, Two Cities Review, Issue 5, Spring 2015<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everydayfiction.com\/the-prediction-engine-by-aaron-emmel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">The Prediction Engine<\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, Every Day Fiction, January 23, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">Zaynab<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, ARISE, Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring 2006<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagoreader.com\/chicago\/a-drive-in-march\/Content?oid=914153\">A Drive in March<\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, Chicago Reader, Vol. 33 No. 13, Dec. 26, 2003<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">The Girl Who Kept Moonlight in a Box Beneath Her Bed<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, Wanton Words, Issue 3, July\/August 2003<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">Exile<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, The Martian Wave, Volume 5, Issue 4, July 2002<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">Leaving the Valley<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">, E-book novella,<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">Wordbeams, 2001<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">A Few More Refugees<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">Nuketown, Volume 6, Issue 9, December 2001 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">(<em>The Gates of Metacythe #3<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">Glimmer<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, Neverworlds, November 2001 (<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">Image copyright 2001 by Judith Huey)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">The Examination Process<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, Alternate Realities, Issue 22, May\/June 2001 (<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><em>The Gates of Metacythe #4<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">The Mining Project<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, Shadowkeep Volume 2, Issue 6, February 2001 (<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><em>The Gates of Metacythe #2<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">Among the Fallen<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, Neverworlds, Issue 10, December 2000 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">(<em>The Gates of Metacythe #1<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">The First King<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">Scratching the Surface, Anthology, Wordbeams, 2000 (<i>The World of Dinian<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><strong>An End of Sorrows<\/strong>, Spaceways Weekly, Issue 40, June 5 1998<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">Vessel<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">, Arts Dialogue, Issue 41, September 1997<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaronemmel.com\/cw\/2017\/01\/23\/new-banner-art\/\">Banner art<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maggieivy.com\/\">Maggie Ivy<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Listeners, Gargoyle Magazine, Issue 71, March 2020 The Tenders, Electric Spec, Vol. 15 Issue 1, Feb. 2020 (The World of Dinian) A Small Price to Pay, EVERYTHING! 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