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So what happens after first contact?

Second Contacts

BY J.J.S. Boyce

So what happens after first contact? Leaving aside War of the Worlds scenarios where one race is completely destroyed, after the initial shock, what’s it like five or fifty years into a universe where we know we’re not alone? Human history provides several possible outcomes, ranging from genocide to colonization to occupation to friendship and political alliance to the innocuous missionary outposts or even lone, Marco Polo-like figure, venturing into the unknown.

AE #11

Letter from the Editors #11

BY D.F. McCourt and the AE staff

Welcome back for Issue 11. AE continues to grow and we are doing our best to manage without too many visible growing pains or too much premature aging for our editorial staff. Without dwelling too much on statistics, our readership (as estimated by monthly unique non-automated visitors) is more than three times what it was one year ago. And in April 2012, our readership was nearly three times what it was in April 2011.

“he” and “she” or “I” and “you”

Over the Transom: A Rose Without a Name is Not as Cool a Companion

BY Duff McCourt and Helen Michaud

We get a lot of stories about pronouns in our inbox — characters who have no other handles than “he” and “she” or “I” and “you.” There’s a certain seductiveness for an author to leaving names unspecified — not only can you avoid coming up with an appropriate one, but you can argue that leaving things more open-ended allows readers to can fill in the blanks from experience and identify more closely with the characters. But there’s a risk associated with it as well.

AE #5

Letter from the Editors #5

BY D.F. McCourt

It’s coming up on our first birthday and, in the tradition of hobbits and magazines, we have got you some great presents. The first present, the one you knew you were getting but should still be excited about, is new science fiction. Our lead story this month, “Last Words” by Chester Burton Brown (whose artwork has previously appeared in AE) brings a beautifully natural Bukowskian voice to an all too recognizable future. Later in the issue, alongside excellent pieces by writers and artists new to AE, you’ll get a chance to hear from Silvia Moreno-Garcia again, in a poignant tale of the forgotten and powerless.