Oort Cloud Publications                                                                VacHume Press

Surprising Stories

May 2009, Issue #20

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“Just a stone's throw away from being a good magazine.”

Editor: John Thiel

Production: Eric Thiel

Server: DCWI

Art Editor: Ramos Fumes

No reason to be there but

we imagine it could be

some kind of change: Bobo

Staff Yahoo: Yahres Moulty

Cover art by R. C. Fulwiler

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Editorial

FICTION

HEAVEN by Marsha Powers

YOU can wait.  Well, maybe Heaven can too…but how do you explain all the Angels on Earth?

THE LESSON by Susan Liev Taylor------------------------photoart by JThiel

Look at Earth objectively.  Is it a nice place to visit? Would you want to live there?

INTO THE DEPTHS by Rose Gordy------------art by Sherri McGlothlin

Looking at the end of the world from under water.

Uncertain invasion by  T.D. Sadler------------------------------------art by Ramos Fumes

You can't be sure Earth would be an easy place to invade..there's no easy way.

The library by Diana kemp-jones-----------------------------art by lars etn

I think perhaps an interstellar library may not be a place for satisfactory research.

Fundamentals by John M. Douglas------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------art by La Joilette

Getting right down to it, what, really, is fundamental?

Beyond Control by Earl Z. Klaproth------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------art by Peter Zenger

Hold it, Maud, we can't get this mule under control!!…..he had it easy.

De Revolutionibus Orbium Caelestium by Brian Skinner

How they do spin….are your ears attuned?                                                   art by Ramos Fumes

Going  Random by  Don Stockard-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------art by Peter Zenger

If you're ever tempted to do it, that may be the time to try.

God and His Unicorns by Anne Valley---------------------------------art by Joanne Tolson

“I created these to keep man company,” said He, showing one around.

A soul to the stars by Lawrence dagstine--------------------------------------------------------------------art by Ramos Fumes

You can get to the stars by soul power.

Jenny Sigma by Lorin Emery------------------------------------------------------art by La Joilette

Don't let those androids take over.

Aeon Byte by Miguel O. Conner ------art ,Eugene Gryniewicz

Aeon has a story to tell…we suggest it's worth the listening.

Silent Warning by Edward J. Hallinan-----------------------------------------art by Ramos Fumes

No time for the world to end….you need not wonder why, o!

Theos ek mekhanes by Herbert jerry baker------------------------------------------------art by Gerald esmiralda

He had the perfect guide to the cosmos, which most of us lack.

ARTICLES

Radio is Dead - or Is It? by Brad R. Torgerson

The Face on Mars by Joe Napolitano

The Deluge in Mythology by  John C. Picciuolo

Dali and Dylan Thomas by David Castleman

Are There Aliens Among Us? by Joe Napolitano

Black Hole Conundrums by Joe Napolitano

COLUMNS

A Galactic View by Paul Truttman

The Spaced-Out Library reviews by Elmwood Kraemer

The Computer Corner guaranteed, no hoaxes this issue

Authors and Artists on View  They make the issue what it is

Printout  Letters from Readers

FEATURES

Art Showcase

The UFO in Millcreek Park by Jeffery Marzi  photofeature

POEMS

Genetic Genesis by Dan Pearl

Apollo 105 by John grey

In These Desperate Times by John Mark Berkowitz

Time Gone By by  William Passera

Spiritual Guides in the Valleys of time by Alana Lucci

Nothing is Incomprehensible by William Nesbit

The One Who Walked in Space by John Grey

Imagine by Barbara Williams

Cassandra's Sorrow by Anne Valley

Eden on earth by Gary W. Anderson

We Are All Travelers Together in Space by James Musheneaux

Clown by Scott Francis

UFO by John Binns

Space: Compare it to a Grain of Sand by James Musheneaux

X-Men by Peter Layton

Mene mene tekel upharsin by Steve Sneyd

Jihad to the Stars by Jim Dunlap

Aurora by Ana Michael

Us Dreamers by John Binns

Outer Medusa by Steve Sneyd

Last Page links, vital data, miscellania

 

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