Ascent Aspirations Magazine

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Short Fiction

September and October 2014, Vol. 18 No.9 and 10
Tessa Bennett
Robert Paul Cesaretti
Luz Etchemendigaray
Beverly Green
Sue Littleton
Dave Migman
Sadie Miller
Reed Stirling
Dennis E. Thompson
Lyzette Wanzer
Vernon Waring

November 2012, Vol. 16 No. 11
Steve Andreorio
Jon Beight
J.R.Campbell
Sheri Strobaugh

October 2012, Vol. 16 No. 10
Samuel Cole
Tim Bridwell
Hannah Sloane
Elizabeth Symons

September 2012, Vol. 16 No. 9
Tarah Dunn
Adam Giles
John Rachel

August 2012, Vol. 16 No. 8
Jeremy Billingsley
Andy Henion
John Rachel

July 2012, Vol. 16 No. 7
Holly Day
Michael Sauve
Kirby Wright

June 2012, Vol. 16 No. 6
Scott Thomas Outlar
Eric Dreyer Smith

May 2012, Vol. 16 No. 5
Vernon Waring
John A. Ward

April 2012, Vol. 16 No. 4
Harold Kempka
Raud Kennedy

March 2012, Vol. 16 No. 3
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
James Robert Campbell
Holly Day

February 2012, Vol. 16 No. 2
Ray Adams
Ruth Latta

January 2012, Vol. 16 No. 1
Brad Bisio
Mel Goldberg

December 2011, Vol. 15 No. 12
Frank T. Sikora
Vernon Waring
Ruth Latta

November 2011, Vol. 15 No. 11
Joseph Cavano
Timothy J. Flagg

October 2011, Vol. 15 No. 10
Eric V. Neagu
Steven Marshall Newton

September 2011, Vol. 15 No. 9
Douglas Cole
Maureen Wallner

August 2011, Vol. 15 No. 8
Cecelia Chapman
Richard E. Marion

July 2011, Vol. 15 No. 7

Matt Freese
Mary Lou Kersey

June 2011, Vol. 15 No. 6

Janet Shell Anderson
Rola Cedar

May 2011, Vol. 15 No. 5

Gary Beck
Don Stockard

April 2011, Vol. 15 No. 4

Danielle Beaulne
John A. Ward

March 2011, Vol. 15 No. 3

Matthew Di Paoli
Greg Evason
Jared Hamula
Cindy Matthews

February 2011, Vol. 15 No. 2

Len Kuntz
Edward Mc Whinney
Aaron Posey

January 2011, Vol. 15 No. 1

Michelle Bryan
Spiel

December 2010, Vol. 14 No. 12

Grant Flint
Brian Trent
John A. Wall

November 2010, Vol. 14 No. 11

Matthew James
Lynsey Miller
Steven Marshall Newton
George Sparling

October 2010, Vol. 14 No. 10

Solla Carrock
Chris Ryan Jackson
Lynsey Miller
John A. Ward

September 2010, Vol. 14 No. 9

Cecelia Chapman
Frank Sikora

August 2010, Vol. 14 No. 8

James Nantau
Frank Sikora
George Sparling
John A. Ward

July 2010, Vol. 14 No. 7

Susan Brooks
Rachel Smith
Dana Verdino
John A. Ward

June 2010, Vol. 14 No. 6

Paul Beckman
Brent Holt
Rola Phoenicia
George Sparling

May 2010, Vol. 14 No. 5

Brett Biebel
Celelia Chapman
Meg Tuite
John A. Ward

April 2010, Vol. 14 No. 4

William Blick
Kevin Gillispie
Len Kuntz
Vernon Waring

March 2010, Vol. 14 No. 3

George A Brooks
Mike Florian
Micah Dean Hicks
Harold Kempka
Scott Thomas Outlar
Vernon Waring

February 2010, Vol. 14 No. 2

Margot Demopoulos
John A.Ward
Phoebe Wilcox
Michael Williams

January 2010, Vol. 14 No. 1

Tres Crow
Emil E. Daynov
Shiloh Slaughter

December 2009, Vol. 13 No. 6

Harold Kempka
Robert Meade
Vernon Waring
David Wright

November 2009, Vol. 13 No. 6

Wesley R. Irvin
Amanda Parker
John A. Ward

October 2009, Vol. 13 No. 5

Jeremy Brink
Mike Florian
Teresa Peipins

September 2009, Vol. 13 No. 4

Aaron Carnes
Katrina Dobson
Phoebe Wilcox

August 2009, Vol. 13 No. 3

Jim Harrington
Eric Joseph Lee
Brianne O'Grady

May 2009

Michael Barber

Michael Fosburg
Lee Gimenez
Chloe Lunn
Renee Mumford
Jodhi Reis
Peggy Sapphire
Spiel
Victoria Sullivan
John A. Ward

February 2009

Gary Beck
Dan Capriotti
Jim Harrington
Jason Jones
Jake Kinzie
Spiel
John A. Ward
Kara Weiss
Dave Yakubik
Keimi Yamagata

November 2008

Maia Akiva
Amy Corbin
Jim Harrington
Mesha Maren
Amanda Parker
Maggie Switzer
Sam Vargo
John A. Ward
Guy Wilkenson
Janet Yung

August 2008

Barbara Foster
Jim Harrington
James Nantau
Andy Sibbald
Gabrielle Sierra
Don Stockard
Tanushree Vachharajani
John A. Ward
Morowa Yejide
Morowa Yejide

May 2008

James Robert Campbell
Donna Clovis
Elizabeth Crocket
Ralph M. DeFangesco
Sally K. Lehman
Rola Phoenicia
Andy Sibbald
Frank T. Sikora
George Sparling

February 2008

Keisha Grant
Garrett Socol
Fereshteh Molavi
Rola Phoenicia
Brendyn Schneider
Rupert Merkin
Bob Yamtich
Richard Rippon
George Sparling

November 2007

Randall D. Brown
Patricia Brozinsky
J.R.Campbell
Aaron Hellem
Melody Mansfield
Kimberley Raiser
George Sparling
Lynn Strongin
Guy Wilkinson
Duncan Whitmire

August 2007

Brittani Ann Conner
Shahar Gold
Martin Jones
Adam Jeffries Schwartz
Fainne Martin
Steve Marshall Newton
Andrew Shaffer
Lisa Veyssiere
Jerry Vilhotti
Guy Wilkinson

May 2007

Ashley Arnold
Gary Beck
Ellen Behrens
Ryan Michael Commins
Steve Dorell
Rik Hunik
Steve Marshall Newton
William de Rham
Adam Jeffries Schwartz
Spiel

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

E.M. 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"

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"
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
Gifted 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

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