Ascent Aspirations Magazine

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Short Fiction

February 2007

Chris Anderson

Len Bains

David Churchill

Carol A. Cole

Michael Fahy

Jake Kinzie

Antonio Hopson

Judy Lightwater

Amy Monticello

Lea Schizas

Spiel

Suzanne Sykora

Derek Tellier

Paul Vantine

November 2006

Louis E. Bourgeois

David A. Bright

Ryan Michael Commins

K. Edwin Fritz

Aongus Murtagh

Katie O'Sullivan

Megan Powell

Lorena Smith

William Wilde

August 2006

Livia Belmont

David Biggs

Beth L. Block

J. Cafesin

Michael Mirolla

Kristie Jaylise Parker

Diane Payne

Mireille Ribiere

Ken Rodgers

Spiel

Anca Szilagyi

May 2006

Murray Brozinsky

Jessica Del Balzo

Devlin Farmer

Aaron H. Gilbreath

Bruce Goodman

Sara Greenwald

Scott Leslie

Brett Lynn

Susan Snowden

Si Wakensberg

Wayne Wolfson

February 2006

Jason Baker

Christopher Discenza

Mike Domonchuk

Steve Dorell

Dustin Engstrom

Margaret L. Evans

William Cameron Jones Jr

Lance Levens

David Reames

Andrea Rudi

Sarah Sheikh

Kate Smith

Spiel

Lynn Strongin

Jeff Van Hanken

Justin Vicari

Emilia Wildfield

November 2005

Jake Downs

Zdravka Evtimova

David Gaffney

Vanessa Gebbie

Nels Hansen

Charlie Holland

Shervin Kiani

Simon Maslin

Terese Pampellonne

Tomi Shaw

Tom Sheehan

Robin A. Smith

Don Stockard

Frank Zafiro

August 2005

Dr. J. Boyer

Mike Carlson

Pamela Z. Daum

Misha Firer

Aaron Hellem

David Hemmings

Penn Kemp

Wesley L. Leigh

Alex Lobera

Sandra Novack

Trisha Ofstedal

Richard Thieme

Nicole Walker

Kay Woods

May 2005

Michael Coblenz

"Suspicion"

Sarah-Jane Critchley

"Therapy"

Malcolm Dixon

"Adagio for Twilight"

R. Edward Farber

"The Man on the Stairs"

Andy Henion

"The Fly"

Tammy R. Kitchen

"Stone Matter"

Gordon Ross Lanser

"Jung's Affair"

James Manton

"CEO"

Michael Pilola

"The Mess on Rip Rap Road"

Hans Joseph Rosenow

"The Crack Habitat"

Ray Succre

"Hot-Sauce on Roses"

February 2005

Eileen Fay

"Dublin Flo"

Rebecca Lloyd

"Castle Street in June"

Melody Mansfield

"Victoria's Secret"

Jonathan M. Sweet

"The Second Mrs. Pecker"

Sam Vargo

"Winter Burial"

Michael Wallace

"Peanut Butter Diplomacy"

Robert Walton

"Fallen Angel"

Vernon Waring

"Still Life"

Frank Zafiro

"If Only"

November 2004

C.L. Bledsoe

"A Cop"

Lisa Marie Brodsky

"Little Blue Crosses"

Randy Brown

"The Wild Woman Fifty Cents"

Anthony De Sa

"Only A Boy"

Steven Dorrell

"Cream"

R. Thomas Hogg

"Incubate"

Dan Manning

"Bewail The Spent Soul"

Deborah Rothschild

"Adios Uncle Stumpy"

Jeff Tannen

"A Touch of Sorrow"

Sam Vargo

"Way Past Midnight On The Other Side Of Real Estate"

August 2004

Christian R. Bonawandt "Throw It Away"

John Colagrande Jr. "Mack and Needs"

Linda Collins "Kisses"

Misha Firer "Modern Day Invisible Man"

J.B. Hogan "One Day At The Simpark"

Richard Meyers "Longing"

Zae Smekens "the russian cow killer combing his mother's hair"

Sam Vargo "Washing Dead Trees"

May 2004

Kevin Doyle "Deliberates"

David Fraser "The Garden"

Scott Leslie "Closing Time"

William Matthew McCarter "A Sunday Kind of Love"

Alfred Staffetti "Serenity"

Vernon Waring "The Emily Star"

February 2004

Dean Borok "The Thinker"

Yorgos Dalman "On The Corner Of Some Street"

Joshua Danka-Dake "The Trash Gun"

Pamela Z. Daum "I Drive"

Scott Leslie "Trouble In The Hen House"

Melinda Neeley "From The Hollow Of A Bell"

Alfred Taylor "A Moment For Reflection"

November 2003

Tim Alexander "Solitude"

Jon Boiland "Finding Albert Redwine"

Yorgos Dalman "Notes From Underneath"

Jnana Hodson "Tunnel Visitation"

Donald W. Hornbostel "Into the Jaws of Death"

Christopher Kesner "Warriors of the New Flesh"

Edward T. May "Transmogrifications"

Carl Rafala "Dark Continent"

Michael Thompson "Domestic Situation"

August 2003

Steve Bell " The Underground"

Don Hornbostel "My Meria"

James Manton "Siberian Boomer"

Melita McHarlin "Error 404"

Phil Slattery "Shape Shifter"

Don Stockard "Dark Race"

May 2003

Karen M. Black “Caffeine-free”

Clair Ryan Chilton “The Tug of War”

Karen Kalis “Hungry”

Stephen Perry “Breath of Time”

Al Staffetti

 “A House in Naples”

Nicole Tanner “Death No More”

February 2003

Angela J. Conrad “Jim Bob’s Dog Days of Summer”

Grant Miller “Confession”

Benjamin Reed “Where I Live Now”

Kelly Rothenberg “Mississippi Sin Eating”

John Chadwell “Pelican’s Crossing”

Jamison Spencer “A Sad World”

November 2002

Paul M. Frazier "Abort, Retry, Ignore"

Gregory Hill "State of the Ordinary"

Jim Manton "Fag, Fag, Wave a Flag"

Louise Ostling " The Big Boulder in the Back"

Joe C. Picciuolo "A Very Special Talent'

Phil Slattery "The Last Sane Man"

Jackie Waite "Birth Rite"

August 2002 Issue

David Bright "The Tipper"

Meghashri Dalri "The Space Child"

Linda A. Lavid "EE O NAA"

D.L. Mayhew "In Search of Francesca Hulgar"

Phillip Slattery "Sudan"

Don Stockard "The Trail of Muse"

Aimee Stoddard "Sketches"

Jerry Vilhotti "Agita"

May 2002 Issue

Steve Cartwright - "The Elevator"

Angela Conrad - "Whoever You Are"

David Fraser - "Engaged"

Bill Hughes - "The One That Got Away"

Margaret Karmazin - "The Exhaustion of Saving the World"

Jim Manton - "Evening News"

Don Stockard - "The Outcast"

February 2002 Issue

"Gift Wrapped" Everette Bell,

"Ret Chhipkali" Stephen J. Canham,

"Creation" Don Stockard

November 2001 Issue

D.P. Fraser "Apologize, Apologize"

Anglea Hadley"Metal and Electriicy"

Paul Pinn "Feeling Mean on the 8:15"

Richard Thieme "Dancing in the Air"

Jerry Vilhotti "Ending Song"

Summer 2001 Issue

Meghashri Dalvi "The Shopping Trip"

D.P. Fraser "Digging For Fish"

Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon " Surface Tension"

"Pizza Face" Judith Tracy

"What If?" Jerry Vilhotti

"Dried Blood" "Only Make Believe" 

Victor Zorman "Lend a Hand"

 Spring 2001 Issue

Simon Bestwick "Creeping and Crawling"

"White Maven" 

Des Lewis" The Provenance of Souls"

Harry Shannon "Bless You"

Jerry Vilhotti "Sands"

Winter 2000 Issue

John P. Allen: Novel ExcerptGifted Trust

Atomic Boy: "Office Policy"

John Blackwood: "Mirka"

Carol Casa: " How to Write Good Fiction"

David Fraser: "On the Surface"

Jason Gurley: "The Brevity of Chaos"

Jason Gurley: "Drive"

Rhys Hughes: "Perpetual Motion"

Rhys Hughes: "The Myth of Sisyphus"

L.B. Sedlacek: "Gin of Eve"

Paul Ward: "The Need for Control"

November 2000 Issue

Featured Writers

Jerry Vilhotti Upstairs - A Literary Precis

DF Lewis Round Tour

J.J. King The Resolution Part 1

Nan Leslie Balthazar

David Fraser Rest in Peace

August 2000 Issue

Coral Hull

The Kiss of Machinery

I Met the Devil in an Abandoned Railway Yard

May 2000 Issue

Runner by Joy Hewitt Mann

Three Characters in Search of an Exit by Gary Thomas

Winter 2000 Issue

White Gloves by Judith Tracy

The Midnight Express by David Fraser

August 1999 Issue

Closer Sun By Rowen Wolf

December By Holly Day

One Forbidden Thing By David Fraser

January 1999 Issue

· Strangers by Noel Ace

· The Climb by Rowan Wolf

· August/September 1998 Issue

· Desert Drip by Noel Ace

· Silicon Surprise by Will Clark

· May/June 1998 Issue

· Short Story of the Month

· February/March 1998 Issue

· Short Story of the Month

· December/January 1997/98 Issue

· Feature Story

· Short Story of the Month

· October/November 1997 Issue

· Story of the Month

· Feature Contribution

Contact Ascent revised October 2004

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