Issue of December 3, 2007

What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor? Part 1 by Carol Anne Byrnes — Cover story fiction

The story behind some hangovers can be far more complex than beer, whiskey, brandy, and more beer. Sometimes the tale begins in a bar, but this time it won't end there ...

Peek of the Week 119 by Cheryl Haimann — Photo art

The first icicles of the season in Des Moines, Iowa.

Patterns in Blood 04 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires

Instead of the secure fortress Alanna thought she had built, she finds a security system breached on almost every level. The past is endangering her once more.

The Dream Factory, Part 2 by David Byron — Short fiction

The dead man is replaced -- by the most efficient worker they had ever seen. They don't know his name, but he is the herald of a new order, an order that will swell their paychecks and fill their lives...

The Aser Stories 38: Taking Sides by Sand Pilarski — Short fiction fantasy

"Taking Sides" -- The idea of conflict over the results of weather really annoys a shaman.