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April issue of the Monthly Review


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Review: The Buntline Special included in the March issue of the Monthly Review.
February issue of the Monthly Review


January issue of the Monthly Review


Coming Soon:Sheleasoun; The Observatory Gardens


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cover of april 2011 issue of phase 5 monthly review

Included in the April issue of the Monthly Review are:

The Professor's Portals snow covered ruins and three archways leading to different places, worlds, or dimensions Mountain Fortress metallic, rainbow hued structure
Hidous Space Beast a creature unseen except for its talons, or legs, which are many Arachnofract Closeup abstract, appears to have eyes
The Magic Kingdom brightly colored landscape featuring a castle and mystical creatures The Forutne Teller a fortune teller sits at a table, gazing into a crystal ball, accompanied by assistants and a black cat, very bright colors
The Creator creator sits at the center of his creation, contemplating it all; surreal scene Solaris a station complex sits amist a background of pink gasses
Part 2 of Subspace by Justin Robinson abstract image in shades of orange on a star-filled background Part 6 of Sheleasoun by Brandy Wayne cover art for Sheleasoun
Part 5 of Dissent by Thomas Olbert. abstract energy Doriann's Choice by Allen L. Wold. doorplate with knocker and keyhole
The Observatory Gardens by James McCarthy snow covered ruins featuring three archways leading to different places, worlds, dimensions

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cover of march 2011 issue of phase 5 monthly review

Included in the March issue of the Monthly Review are:

Golden Eyes golden swirls and a patter vaguely reminiscent of the body of a violin Robot silverish robot holding a globe of energy
Saturn Saturn low on the horizon with clouds in the foreground Ice Planet peaks of ice surround a ship or factory, a small rover bot navigates the slippery terrain in front of a star-filled sky
Part 1 of Subspace by Justin Robinson abstract image in shades of orange on a star-filled background Part 5 of Sheleasoun by Brandy Wayne cover art for Sheleasoun
Part 4 of Dissent by Thomas Olbert. abstract energy and a Review by Kenneth Gentile of The Buntline Special by Mike Resnick

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cover of february 2011 issue of phase 5 monthly review

Included in the February issue of the Monthly Review are:

three new works from James McCarthy's The Observatory Gardens the observatory gardens in spring observatory gardens after the rain a country house garden
six new works from Eric A. Gehlin the infernal egg spore the harder they fall
the shadow realm faberge tech drusus city sublevel
The Shadow by Sergey Gerasimov sea-squirt
Part 4 of Sheleasoun by Brandy Wayne cover art for Sheleasoun and Part 3 of Dissent by Thomas Olbert. abstract energy

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cover of january 2011 issue of phase 5 monthly review

Included in the January issue of the Monthly Review are:

three new works from James McCarthy's The Observatory Gardens the observatory gardens in winter secret garden iii ruins at night
The Life of a Romantic by Nanna P. Vej round cutwork in yellow, pink and black ...The Colour of Time by Kenneth Gentile abstract of pink hourglass with blue burst vertically from center on a blue background with rusty pink inverted clock faces
Part 3 of Sheleasoun by Brandy Wayne cover art for Sheleasoun and Part 2 of Dissent by Thomas Olbert. abstract energy

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cover of december 2010 issue of phase 5 monthly review

Included in the December issue of the Monthly Review

the blast furnace, yellow gold fragments and energy emanating on the diagonal the cygnus 4 anomaly, spacescape of a purple-pink planet with a crescent moon in the midground and a fractal mass of construction and/or debris in the immediate foreground, looks magnetic sylvan heights, abstract trees and plant growth forming in three dimensions on a starry background
in the city of mystery, industrial cityscape or maybe microscape, with parts bending in weird ways, outlines of structures illuminated by a blue to blue-white light moorise on cygnus 4, a large cresent moon in a slightly cloudy or vaporous sky, framed by an outcropping of layered yet pocked rock the old ones: zephyr spirits in the land of the ancients, a sunrise on the beach with a ruin of old stone structure, oddly shaped hedge and watery reflective creatures floating like spirits in the sky the secret garden, a lush green and garden with a small building and a transdimensional gate under a blue sky, a tower and other buildings can be seen in the background
the water garden, a tranquil river flows under a bridge at the base of a wooded hill leading to stone buildings in the background, strange twisted and sometimes rooted or tentacled creatures rest upon or grow from the ground and float in the air the gray lady, monochrome painting of a lady with long white hair, long cloak and a cloak hanging from her shoulders walks along a path in the woods under a full moon mermaid 1, a three-dimensional rendering of a mermaid under water reaches for a small glowing light against a background of coral and other oceanic flora sheleasoun darra a young woman with long red hair stands ready to fight with daggers raised

subset of the cover art for sheleasoun"Sheleasoun: Part 2" by Brandy Wayne (Seriliazed Novel/Fantasy) (part of the Beneath the Echoes of Memory series) Darra flees the mercenaries attacking her home and races to find Morgan, the man her mother said would bring help. But alone and hunted in the dark, Darra’s mission does not go as planned.

abstract white and black background with the word dissent in red"Dissent" by Thomas Olbert (Serialized Novel/Science Fiction) (part of the Nexus series) Ralyn secretly labors to preserve the beauty of futures that may never be allowed to exist. Kaylenn strives to secure her own future in a war that feeds her people’s drive for battle and power. So why does she risk all she’s achieved for someone her religion, her culture, her way of life demeans?