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Propinquity - 1: nearness of blood: Kinship. 2: nearness in place or time: Proximity.
The Edge of Propinquity is a series of short stories from four different authors in four different universes exploring the world that lurks just beneath the surface of everyday life. It is the world of the unexplained, supernatural, magic, horror, duty, responsibility, black humor, conspiracy, unknown heritage and power. This semiprozine is updated on the 15th of every month.
Issue 49: January, 2010
Four Visitors - Singularity, Part One - by Rick Silva
Una Blanco is new in town, a senior in high school, a star basketball player, and a girl who's willing to make a stand for what is right. She also has a tendency of burning out lightbulbs when she walks into a room. Nick Lorem wants nothing to do with Una Blanco, but Nick's girlfriend has struck up a friendship with Una. And Nick's brother has just arrived back in town with an interest in Una as well. A government interest. The kind of interest that ends with people in jail. Or dead.
Solstice - Winter, Part Four - by Ivan Ewert
Winter in the valley is a time of cold and of darkness. Though once the light of the sun would return fierce and brightly, these days she must be coerced and tempted to show her face to Solstice. Stephanie MacIntyre is not a woman used to coercion or subtlety, and this mask begins to fray - along with her loyalty to Mayor Long.
Mnemosyne - Old Wounds Revisited - by Nick Bergeron
In which our Hero begins his tale. Like any good story, he gives you the Cliff Notes in how he came into himself. I'm sure that he included me in the description. Or perhaps he didn't, as his exclusion of me was the beginning of the problem in the first place. After he tells you the sordid story of me, you will see a healing, which is of course the beginning of the end.
Sparrow Hill Road - Good Girls Go to Heaven - by Seanan McGuire
Everyone on the road knows the story of the Girl in the Diner, but how many know the truth behind it? One man, Larry Vibber, is about to learn exactly how the story goes as he rides with Rose Marshall down the midnight road that runs between the layers of America.
Guest Author - Subway Hunter by Justin Bernstein
Beneath the eyes of the oblivious subway crowds, a hero hunts the beasts that prey upon the innocent. While he hunts, memories of his former life come to him like snowflakes on the wind. The choice is clear but what is the cost?
Have you ever looked over the edge and seen something looking back at you?
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