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Aug/Sept 2010
Vol. IX No. 1   ISSN: 1545-3650
 

AlienSkin Magazine®
Published Bi-Monthly Online

 
 

~ ~ Boiler Plate ~ ~ by Milo James Fowler, California
I am nothing. Just one of many lost robots, searching for the god of this earth.

 

~ ~ ~ Globster ~ ~ ~ by S. L. Browne, California
Fine white tendrils, claim the dank, reeking creature. The unknow remains fascinating.
 

 
 


Featured Fiction
Freebies

by Michael A. Kechula  ©2010

Mars’ Emperor sent 7-billion pepperoni pizzas to Earth as a peace gesture.

Earth’s Illustrious Pooh-bah was so grateful he declared a global holiday to honor the Emperor.  Everyone on Earth received a pizza, and gobbled it up.

That night, Illustrious Pooh-bah yelled over TV, "This is an emergency.  The FBI discovered the pizzas contained tiny nuclear bombs.  Martians might detonate them any minute.  Induce vomiting.  Rush to hospitals!"

Vomit flooded the streets.  Hospitals were overwhelmed.

***

The Emperor pressed a button.  Billions of Earthlings exploded.

"I told you they’d eat free pizzas," General Gggg told Mars' Emperor, as they viewed billions of nuclear mushroom clouds through telescopes.

"True.  But some vomited enough to eject the bombs."

"No problem.  Let’s send Earthlings chocolate chip cookies with bombs inside."

"Can we fool them twice?"

"Sure.  They have notoriously short memories and can’t resist chocolate chip cookies."

Mars conquered Earth without firing a shot.

~ Michael A. Kechula, Arizona  ©2010

Michael's stories have appeared in 128 magazines and 35 anthologies in 6 countries. He's authored 3 books of flash fiction tales: A Full Deck of Zombies—61 Speculative Fiction Tales, The Area 51 Option and 70 More Speculative Fiction Tales, and I Never Kissed Judy Garland and Other Tales of Romance.

 
 

 

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