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Editor's
Note: The gods either smiled or frowned and Magellan's Log 20 turned into a
fiction issue, something we haven't done before and don't expect to do again.
The Challenge: Out of the million or so words in English, a writer gets ten words at
random and has to create a short story using all ten words meaningfully and seamlessly.
The staff, sweating, turned in one new story per day for 15 days. How well did they do? See the Ten Words introduction for more details.
1. How I
Inadvertently Redecorated the Church of St. Stephen in Montenegro, by Sawyer
Brown. What happens if a second-rate pianist gets out of the way of his
fingers.
2. The Initiator, by Pedkop Bambera. The
vanishing American appears in Natchez, and then vanishes again.
3. One Hundred Square Inches of Blue Sky, by
Michelle Furr. The problems of being a celebrity's child, 200 years ago.
4. Petrov the Good, by Ceci Lumley. Sneaking
one past the Nazis in a Russian ghetto.
5. White Elephant, by Robert Odom. Even
a great man's remains may smell to high heaven.
6. The Calhoun Cure, by Rean Rhyne. Psychedelics
to the rescue when the human daemon refuses to shut up.
7. Marion Beauregard Flagler's Last Day, by Sylvia
Sikeston. Give 'em long enough and even bigots may have second thoughts.
8. Dangers of the Orgasm, by Temple Duciel. Hot
sex in a small room. Nerve ain't got nothing on us.
9. My Career in Art, by
Jerden Purmort. We tip our hat to the wacky world of painting in NYC.
10. Dragstrip Porsche, by Angus Verspeeten.
You never know what may happen when you put the pedal to the metal in a $100,000
car.
11. Hover Craft, by J.M. Pyka. Ghostly
thoughts from a spirit who just won't let go.
12. Sleepy Lobster, by Douglas Milburn.
A lonely life by the South China Sea breeds one very large heart.
13. Treehuggers
at 10, by Diebold Essen. Your friendly local newscast ventures into
metaphysics.
14. Milles
Boners, by Doc Cuddy. Our editor has a bit of fictitious fun at the expense
of our publisher.
15. Shade,
by Maurice Fitznuggly. A ghostly meeting on the Italian coast where Caravaggio
disappeared.
16. The Rebel
of Orange County, by Edward Hothi. A "daymare" of life in the
Southland.
17. The
Malvern Hills, by Sylvia Sikeston. This green and sceptered isle...
18. The
Golden Mean of Marfa, by Elinor Hoefs. When you get what you want, you don't
always get what you want.
19. Rez Rape,
by Bloce Kaibab. The Vanishing American vanishes again.
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