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After Dinner Conversation Magazine
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Series: After Dinner Conversation Magazine, Book 71
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Publisher: After Dinner Conversation
Published: May 1 2026
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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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!
After Dinner Conversation Magazine - May 2026
- Difference Engine: An academic discovers a quantum AI that can predict and cites, future research papers.
- Facial: A fourteen-year-old girl uses a nail file to physically carve a beautiful new face from her own.
- The Anchor: A young man selected in a national lottery must face a year of agony to power his community.
- Just Shoot Me: A state-sanctioned euthanasia agent blackmails a corrupt doctor into curing his terminal cancer.
- Amanda: A woman grapples with guilt after she exits a shared Uber, leaving a young, drunk stranger, inside.
- Tape 26: A judicial system has citizens determine criminal sentences by never knowing anyone's identity.
- The Machine: A man attempts to fund the creation of an AI singularity to appease a future basilisk.
After Dinner Conversation is an award-winning independent nonprofit publisher. We believe in fostering meaningful discussions among friends, family, and students to enhance humanity through truth-seeking, reflection, and respectful debate. To achieve this, we publish philosophical and ethical short story fiction accompanied by discussion questions.
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