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: FeaturesThe Astronaut Always Rings Twice Reviewed by Lisa TimpfShort StoriesThe Origin of Mirial by N. E. MatinMoving with the Times by Rick DanforthDaysider in Nighttown by Tom HowardFlash FictionPhysical Humor is a Dying Medium by Gustavo BondoniA Million Miles Away by Christian RileyThe Heart of the Island by Andrew HughesPoetryThe Greening by Bruce BostonPopulation Attitudes by Roxanne BarbourHistorical Drift by Bruce BostonSneaky Spaceship Cats by Roxanne BarbourObserved and Recorded by Bruce BostonLife Sustaining by Roxanne BarbourIllustrationsSweet Gypsy Fortuneteller by Sandy DeLuca