Issue 50: February 2010

Welcome to the Edge of Propinquity. Issue 50 is now published. February brings out the lover in all of us. However, this month, one person discovers his love is lost, another discovers his love harmed by family, while one person’s love of sweets changes them forever and another’s love abandons them for years.

Four Visitors – Singularity, Part Two – by Rick Silva
Alex Lorem is on a mission. He’s tracking a mysterious girl with paranormal abilities, and the trail has led him right back to his own home town. With his goal in sight, Alex is not about to let anything get in his way. Not the incompetence of his partner or the welfare of any civilian bystanders. Not even if one of those civilians is Alex’s own brother.

Solstice – Winter, Part Five – by Ivan Ewert
Stephanie keeps Kim in the daylight through the harsh winter’s day, delivering food and goods to those most in need. On arrival at the hospital, however, an old and only half-familiar face greets them over the sickbed of Bacchus.

Mnemosyne – Kay Aye Ess Ess Aye En Gee – by Nick Bergeron
In which our Hero gains an inkling of the adversity he will face. It involves a pleasant walk in the snow, a simple phone call about someone long forgotten, and an excursion to an old haunt in the woods. I miss that old tree; it’s a shame that it doesn’t remember me. Our Hero is beginning to revisit the past; it’s enough to make me maudlin.

Sparrow Hill Road – Dead Man’s Party – by Seanan McGuire
When a dead man takes a diner full of living people hostage, it’s going to take a miracle to get any of them out alive…a miracle, or someone who doesn’t need to be afraid of dying. Enter Rose Marshall, who was looking for a cup of coffee, and found herself a heap of trouble.

Guest Author – The Fairy Cake Bake Shoppe by April Grey
When a corporate lawyer accidentally kills a fairy, her life takes a dramatic plunge into pain and anguish. She chooses to make an equally drastic change to right the wrong she did.

Have you ever looked over the edge and seen something looking back at you?