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 Twilight Times ezine has been providing some of the best stories and poetry available online since July 1998.

 See an overview of the Summer 2012 issue.   

 A few highlights of the Summer 2012 issue.   

 11-20-12 update.

Twilight Times ezine was on hiatus from January 2010 to June 2012, but we re-launched with the July 2012 issue. Going forward, we will be publishing on a regular quarterly schedule -- Winter (January 2013), Spring (April 2013), Summer (July 2013) and a special Halloween issue (October 2013). We need poetry and stories for the Winter issue as well as the Spring issue. We will be open to submissions from Feb. 15 to Mar. 5, 2013.

Many thanks to the talented contributors who are sending us the finest in speculative fiction, poetry and fantasy artwork. This is the thirty-third issue of Twilight Times ezine - online since July 1998.
 

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 Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine is now part of the Twilight Times family of publications which includes Twilight Times Books, Paladin Timeless Books and Twilight Times ezine.

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