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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Through Soft Air
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Rockville, Maryland,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,:Prime Books , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Dark Ages, Lee Battersby , single work short story science fiction (p. 236-244)
Tales of Nireym, Lee Battersby , single work short story science fiction fantasy (p. 245-255)
Father Muerte and the Rain, Lee Battersby , single work short story science fiction (p. 256-276)
Pater Familias, Lee Battersby , single work short story science fiction

'Lee Battersby’s "Pater Familias" is an example of the flash fiction medium at its best. In it, a retired surgeon meets with a young visitor and describes an archaic form of late-term abortion called "craniotomy" .... The story moves with a crackling economy of language and, when its inevitable surprise ending appears, it’s not as a punchline-style twist, but as a slowly dawning sense of horror that will leave you gutted' (Tim Kroenert, Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus).

 (p. 277-280)
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