Surprising Stories

#33, September 2013

Oort Cloud Publications u VacHume Press

Editor: John Thiel

Production: Eric Thiel

Art Editor: Ramos Fumes

Advertising: Morris Henshaw

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Cover by Rachaela Di Rosaria

>All Poem Photoart by Eric Thiel

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“Don’t be too surprised that we’re still here.”

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Contents

Editorial

Fiction

The illusion of lewis carroll by Lawrence Dagstine

A study in authorship.        Art by Jay Berkowitz

Deus Ex Machina     by Dr, Robin Aaron Bright, PhD

An intervention by the gods, classically.>               

Serendipity     by Paul Carlson
It just happened to be there, that’s all>                  Art by Lars Etn

 Stratosphere    by  Hilda M. Diaz
Off we go into the wild, blew yonder.        Art by Ramos Fumes

Alien Bride by Bob Bolin     
Not quite as alien as all that, though.    Art by Peter Zenger

Gordon   by Daniel Slaten
Which him was whom, and which did he prefer?        Art by Patrick Ijima-Washburn

Rhoda the Red     by    Holli Hottwatt
Have we a new super-adventurer here?       Art by Bob Veon

Circuit Debugger by   Matthew Senkowski
Autopia—a nice place to visit, but you didn’t want to live there.     Art by Elias Garza

Situran by  Peter Zenger
An authentic space opera, if you haven’t ever seen one and want to.    Art by Peter Zenger

An Urban Fairy Tale by Donald J. Levit
Not so easy to maintain in today’s metropolis.    Art by Esmiralda