Al Onia concentrates on Science Fiction, mostly from the hard to the hard-boiled.
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Al Onia is a full-time writer living on Vancouver Island. His debut novel Javenny was released by Bundoran Press in August 2014. His second novel, Transient City, was released by Bundoran in April, 2016 and the sequel, Rogue Town, launched in 2017. The Sixth Helix launched in May, 2019. Al is a two-time Aurora Award finalist in the short story category.
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Published Oct 1, 2020 · 4,260 words (16 minutes) · 4 views
A one-man clean-up crew is charged with removing the last humans from Earth. He finds more than a recalcitrant straggler, he finds perspective.
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Published May 25, 2020 · 5,234 words (20 minutes) · 100 views
Human transcendence may come in unexpected forms and within unexpected vessels.
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Published Feb 7, 2020 · 5,570 words (21 minutes) · 166 views
Strangers in paradise waiting for the apocalypse. Or has it already passed them by? My Ray Bradbury tribute story.
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Published Dec 16, 2019 · 977 words (4 minutes) · 204 views
Humor Science Fiction End of the world
The anticipated Y2K apocalypse never materialized. Or was is just late?
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Published Sep 28, 2019 · 2,089 words (8 minutes) · 206 views
How will you meet Judgement Day?
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Published Jun 4, 2019 · 4,955 words (19 minutes) · 265 views
Science Fiction Preparing for the next step in space exploration
Social and technical advances contain risks. Who has the right to impose those risks upon others?
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Published Mar 31, 2019 · 4,014 words (15 minutes) · 302 views
What if the Neanderthals are not extinct? How would they survive against today's Homo Sapiens? As equals, as subservient, or in the shadows modern humans don't see?
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Published Feb 9, 2019 · 3,099 words (12 minutes) · 363 views
A soldier's attempt to atone for his life of war. The setting an homage to Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser tales.
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Published Jan 7, 2019 · 2,711 words (10 minutes) · 8 views
Exploring the price of peace in a time of war.
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