Oort Cloud Publications                              VacHume Press

Surprising Stories

Issue 11                              May 2006

Man's first attempt to please you with good stories

 


Editor: John Thiel

Production: Eric Thiel

Art editor: Ramos Fumes

Advertising and Promotions: Kevin Ahearn

Other staff members:  Bobo, Yahres

Editorial

     By John Thiel

NOW THAT I THINK OF IT

By Eric Thiel

 

 

CONTENTS

Fiction

A Sad Day for Astronauts by Lawrence Dagstine

    More than a few problems for Houston     photoart by Thiel

A Djinn for General Houston by Lou Antonelli

     Get yourself some magic for your Alternate Realities   art by Maxine Colby

Custer's Last Hand by  Albert J. Manachino

     The way to go, or the way not to go?   Art by L. Dickison

Mysterious Assignment by  Bob Bolin

     He disappeared, that others would not do so.   Art by L. Dickison

Plasm by  Richard E. Geis

     How much trouble is it to keep a good thing going?   Art by La Joilette

Rip Walton and the Robots of Love by  Daniel Slaten

     Now Rip's into a labor of love.   Art by La Joilette

The Last of the Languagers by  William Gillard

     He had a long search ahead…everything!   Art by Ramos Fumes

The Omega and the Damned by  Oscar Deadwood

     Recalled to a life that was not a life   art by Maxine Colby

The Search for Human Beings by  Varda One

     Elusive people…very hard to find   photoart by Thiel

Martyrs Calling the World by  Jessica Howe

     Hark, that may be them!   Photoart by Thiel

The Intervention by  Varda One

     The Earth is a tough place to intervene   photoart by Thiel

Bloodbrothers by  Robert David Anderson

     As if Nazis were not bad enough!   art by Gerald Esmiralda

The Awesome Lavratt serial by  Ann Wilkes

     Keep with it, readers, there's more to come!   Art by Ramos Fumes

The Dragon of Yellow Wood by  Bill Snodgrass

     Take a journey into a strange land   art by Ramos Fumes

 

 

Flash Fiction

The Alive Family by  Varda One   art by Peter Zenger

Waveform by  Paul Carlson   art by Anisha

Back to Earth by  Apryl Fox   photoart by Thiel

The Differences in Water by  Matthew Hamel photoart Thiel

The Truth Be Told by  Kevin Ahearn photo illustrated

 

 

Special Features

Detour by  Mizor and tarantulas

A group-written television-style script with link

Early Interview with Isaac Asimov by  Jim Allen

 

 

 

REGULAR FEATURES

The Computer Corner

The Spaced-Out Library  reviews by Elmwood Kraemer

Authors on View   our lineup semi-surveyed

Trader's Nook

Printout   correspondence from Readers

 

 

POEMS

Contact  by  L A Hood

Danced  by  Karl

Eleven by Don Meyerowitz

Enigmaby Herbert Jerry Baker

49th Parallel by  Peter Layton

The Gardens of Karoth by Herbert Jerry Baker

Goddess  by  Joanne Tolson

God Puts a Spin on the Universe by  Joanne Tolson

New Atlantis Found by  Joanne Tolson

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