Welcome to Helix #7, Winter 2008. Here's what we've got for you this time:
Fiction
- "Suicide Drive" by Charlie Anders
Father doesn't always know best. - "Seraphim" by Maya Bohnhoff
Sweet dreams and flying machines. - "Night of the Living
POTUS" by Adam-Troy Castro
The horror, the horror... - "The Last Man's First Year on Earth" by David
W. Goldman
A long, long time from home. - "Salvager's Gold" by
Selina Rosen
In space, no one can hear you talking trash. - "Family Tree" by Vaughan Stanger
The best seeds are the ones you didn't know you planted. - "Drooling Wizards" by Laura J. Underwood
You don't have to be an idiot to be a wizard, but it helps.
Poetry
Bringing you the best in SFnal verse.
- "deathmask" by Mike Allen
- "Noon Blue Apples" by F. J. Bergmann
- "0-Null" by Anthony Bernstein
- "(You Are Here) The Cruelest Month" by Gene van Troyer
- "Chinese Proverb Sent by Worried Friend" by Jane Yolen
Regular Features
- Past Masters by Bud Webster
A look at forgotten masters in the field of speculative fiction. - The Well-Bitten Hand by John Barnes
A piquant blend of SF, sensawunda and semiotics. - News and Announcements
Because we need publicity, too. - Archives
Past joys and delights.
Editorials
- William Sanders and Lawrence
Watt-Evans
Our glorious leaders pontificate on the subjects closest to their hearts.