After Dinner Conversation (August, 2020): Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Magazine

by Joe Vasicek, J.G. Willem, Frances Howard-Snyder

Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights and defining your "purpose." It's time to go deep in search of truth! If you love reading imaginative short stories on hot topics that make your brain think deeply but also have you laughing out loud... then this magazine is for you!Philosophy Ethics Short Story Magazine - August 2020

In The Beginning: A retelling of Adam and Eve's fall from grace, with a cosmic twist.Farewell, Odysseus: A genetically enhanced super-human has to make an important choice about the person he keeps as a pet.Human Contact: A college student heads to a party, gets high and drunk, and ends up having a night that will forever change lives.Hiro's Festival: A little boy who dreams of freedom has his wish fulfilled and is magically transformed.My Fellow (Immortal) Americans: The President gives a speech about a proposed raise in the minimum "time wage" and its effect on those who plan to live forever.A Science Lesson In Mozambique: A science lesson in Mozambique, and a lesson in self help.Pretty Pragmatism: A US Senator introduces a bill that borrows public policy ideas from the Nazi party.After Dinner Conversation believes humanity is improved by ethics and morals grounded in philosophical truth. Philosophical truth is discovered through intentional reflection and respectful debate. In order to facilitate that process, we have created a growing series of short stories, audio and video podcast discussions, across genres, as accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends and family.★★★ If you enjoy this story, subscribe via our website to "After Dinner Conversation Magazine" and get this, and other, similar ethical and philosophical short stories delivered straight to your inbox every month. (Just search "After Dinner Conversation Magazine")★★★

74 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 1, 2020

About the author

Joe Vasicek fell in love with science fiction and fantasy when he read A Wrinkle in Time and The Neverending Story as a child. He wrote several unfinished novels in high school and took Brandon Sanderson's writing class at Brigham Young University.

He first came onto the indie writing scene in 2011 with his debut novel Genesis Earth. Since then, he has written more than twenty novels and novellas, including Genesis Earth, Gunslinger to the Stars, The Sword Keeper, and the Sons of the Starfarers series. His stories have been published in Perehilion, Mirror Dance, Sci Phi Journal, Uprising Review, Kasma SF, and Leading Edge.

As a young man, he studied Arabic and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus Mountains. He has also traveled across the United States, and has lived in Texas, Illinois, Massachusetts, California, Utah, Washington DC, and Iowa. Wherever he goes, though, he's always writing.

Reviews

[Mystee Pulcine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Each edition of this magazine is full of thought-provoking stories, and short stories that cannot be found anywhere else.