The Fifth Di... August 2023

The Fifth Di... presents science fiction, fantasy, and dark fiction for your reading enjoyment. Come meet the difficulties and the characters who deal with them in The Fifth Di... In this issue: Features The Astronaut Always Rings Twice Reviewed by Lisa Timpf Short Stories The Origin of Mirial by N. E. Matin Moving with the Times by Rick Danforth Daysider in Nighttown by Tom Howard Flash Fiction Physical Humor is a Dying Medium by Gustavo Bondoni A Million Miles Away by Christian Riley The Heart of the Island by Andrew Hughes Poetry The Greening by Bruce Boston Population Attitudes by Roxanne Barbour Historical Drift by Bruce Boston Sneaky Spaceship Cats by Roxanne Barbour Observed and Recorded by Bruce Boston Life Sustaining by Roxanne Barbour Illustrations Sweet Gypsy Fortuneteller by Sandy DeLuca