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Named Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs 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 - March 2024The List: A married couple has a list of famous people they agree they can sleep with if the opportunity comes up. It does.The End of Learning: Six-year-old Paul's school suffers a school shooting and he loses his best friend.The Code Less Travelled By: An AI powered self-driving car must quickly determine how to do the "most good and least harm" when a child runs into the street.Choice: Ellen, who has Down syndrome, overhears her family discussing what to do with the life growing inside her.Mama: Miriam struggles to come to terms with her daughter asserting her own will instead of just looking at her lovingly.Judges: An alien brings two humans to his ship to debate if humanity should be destroyed before it discovers interstellar space travel.Prey: A young adult with a secret must attend 15 hours of counseling before the government will allow him to commit suicide. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ★★★ 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")★★★

Named Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs Carefully curated stories from our monthly magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of crimes and their punishments. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions. Story Summary ListIdle Horns: A horned demon of hell born to eternally torture the damned walks off the job.Community Of Peers: A foreigner wanders into a remote village just before a convicted criminal is about to be punished and is asked to throw the first stone.Form Seven Alpha: A city resident is caught breaking the law and is given the choice between one of five punishment options.Conscience Cleaners: A genuinely repentant criminal appeals to the court to have his memory erased of the crime he committed.Blackorwhite: A lactose intolerant inmate tells his story to, and befriends, the doctor assigned to look after him.Conveyor: Arthur Montague is on trial for genocide and war crimes...again, and again, for eternity.Soon The Sentence Sign: A bar fight turns into a brush with the colonial AI driven judicial system.Bunny Racing: Two bunnies race, but one of them has been eating a special carrot from the forbidden forest to help him run faster.The Only Punishment: A street-hardened criminal is forced to live his crimes from the perspective of his victims.Human Contact: A college student heads to a party, gets high and drunk, and ends up having a night that will forever change lives. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, themed books, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. Reviews 5/5 Stars!"With Science fiction we can explore other galaxies and alien conflicts, but with philosophical fiction we can explore other minds and ethical conflicts. Let this book take you on a Phi-Fi adventure."- William Irwin, Ph.D. - Philosophy Professor, King's College"After Dinner Conversation has taken up the initiative to write themed collections of short stories that fit focused ethics courses - say, a course on bioethics, AI ethics, Tech ethics etc. These collections can offer a spine for such courses or individual stories could be added to a course as illustrative material to stimulate discussion. The stories are lively and engaging and followed by a set of questions to start classroom discussion. Also, outside of educational contexts, the stories will work nicely to stimulate conversation in families, elder hostels, youth clubs, or book groups. Give it a try - I trust that you will enjoy working with the material in this book!"- Luc Bovens, Ph.D. - Philosophy Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

Named Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs 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 - February 2024(Don't) Play Again: The narrator's entire life repeats until he calls it quits.I'll Not Risk Myself: A drug-addicted daughter reaches out to her recovering mother, putting her sobriety at risk.In Good Hands: In Greta's future smart devices continually calculate, and tell us, our probability outcomes.Kane And Abel: A law man decides not to stop a train robbery, at the request of a pacifist preacher.Meat is Meat: A starving ship, catches a mermaid and must decide what's for dinner.Lies I Tell My Father: A child visits her father with Alzheimer, so her mother can get a break.On Our Hands: An elderly woman tries to hold her family together as emotions heat up over populist politics. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

Named Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs Carefully curated stories from our monthly magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of technology. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions. Story Summary ListAbrama's End Game: Abrama learns the gods created her dimension as their play-space to visit, and is forced to fight across realities when she discovers their plan to shut it down.The Formula: A group of boys get into a car crash and an AI algorithm is forced to decide who lives and dies.Give The Robot The Impossible Job!: An AI tutor faces deactivation if she cannot prove her worth by saving a teenage pupil with an "unsolvable" problem - she's a budding serial killer.Sow: A pilot is tasked with "seeding" a distant planet with the codes to give rise to future humans, at the expense of the planet's natural evolutionary process.Cicada: Dr. Zhang invents teleportation but refuses to share it with the world.The Things We Give: Martha sells years off the end of her life to help her mother and make ends meet.Two-Percenters: A new treatment may allow 98% of the people to be genetically enhanced, but at the expense of the 2% who already are.The Empathery: Various family members try out new bodies to learn empathy and teambuilding.Cost Of Human Life: AI software designed to more efficiently run the railroad system runs into a programming issue. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, themed books, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. Reviews 5/5 Stars!"With Science fiction we can explore other galaxies and alien conflicts, but with philosophical fiction we can explore other minds and ethical conflicts. Let this book take you on a Phi-Fi adventure."- William Irwin, Ph.D. - Philosophy Professor, King's College"After Dinner Conversation has taken up the initiative to write themed collections of short stories that fit focused ethics courses - say, a course on bioethics, AI ethics, Tech ethics etc. These collections can offer a spine for such courses or individual stories could be added to a course as illustrative material to stimulate discussion. The stories are lively and engaging and followed by a set of questions to start classroom discussion. Also, outside of educational contexts, the stories will work nicely to stimulate conversation in families, elder hostels, youth clubs, or book groups. Give it a try - I trust that you will enjoy working with the material in this book!"- Luc Bovens, Ph.D. - Philosophy Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

"Short Stories For Long Discussions..." Get ready to dive into the most thought-provoking and intellectually stimulating discussions of the year with "After Dinner Conversation - Best Of 2023." This must-have collection features the most compelling philosophy, ethics and social issues as short story fiction from one of the year's top-rated monthly literary magazines. With a diverse range of genres, from science-fiction to historical fiction, and with contributions from both established and up-and-coming authors, this book is guaranteed to challenge your beliefs and spark meaningful conversations!Perfect for philosophy students, fiction enthusiasts, or anyone looking to expand their mind; this book is a must-have for anyone who wants to take their conversations to the next level. Be the one to introduce your friends and family to the fascinating world of ethical and moral dilemmas. Each story comes with five suggested discussion questions that will keep you talking for hours.---------------------------Short stories by: C.S. Griffel, Cory Swanson, Kim Z. Dale, Earl Smith, Lee Dawkins, Erik Fatemi, Edward Daschle, Jan McCleery, Lea Pounds, Julia Edinger, Porter McKoy, Allison Padron, Kathryn LeMon, Kelly Piner, Ishan Dylan, Celia Lisset Alvarez, Mark Bessen, Michael "Mikhail" Shainsky, and Thea Swanson¿¿¿ If you enjoy this anthology, subscribe via our website (print or digital) to "After Dinner Conversation Magazine" and receive similar ethical and philosophical short stories delivered every month. (Just search "After Dinner Conversation Magazine")¿¿¿

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 - January 2024Echo: An awkward kid grows up to be an awkward adult, and opts for a "personality replacement."Pincushion Pete: The founder and poster boy for brain patches gets one too many.The Dirty Home: A well-meaning lawyer cleans her client's dilapidated trailer to stop CPS. Rental Units: A temporary "rental-a-child" malfunctions, crushing her real mother's heart.Observation 292: Science discovers plants feel pain like humans, and are sentient.Domiciliary: A lifelong alcoholic housewife continues to drink as her husband opens a store downtown.The Angel in The Juniper: Holly meets an angel who tells her to kill her revolutionary professor. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

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 - December 2023Being Wrong: Donna's longterm marriage is "fine;" does she deserves more?The Children of Conscious Reunion: A newly minted notary stands in the way of a enigmantic cult leader.The Pill: An elder Marlee stops taking her birth control and sees men in a whole new light. Yellow Is the Color of Choices: A father takes drastic action to try and stop his 14-year-old daugther's pregnancy.Whose Life is It: Danny's, otherwise healthy, 70-year-old sister is ready to die.Reach: A businessman travels to China to find the factory worker that left a curious poem in his child's Christmas present.Take-em!: A father invites his liberal son to go duck hunting for quality time. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

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 - November 2023Last Rights: Death comes for a disbelieving philosopher.Drag Brunch: Hannah's gay friend is excluded from her bachelorette party.The Walnut Tree: A travel tour in Uzbekistan gets sidetracked to wonderful effect.Heros: Religious fundamentalists take over Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater.The Competitive Edge: An insurance company's race-based underwriting is called into question. Starstuck: The first child in 1,000 years is born to the "Great Purveyors of Reason" and confuses them with his love of emotions.Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast: A quaint suburban couple rob their dying neighbor to settle an old score. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - August 2022Soul On Sale: The narrator gives his soul to the devil, saying it is "more work than it is worth."The Rapture Module: Tucker makes a mistake at work, gets a promotion, and realizes his life is meaningless.Infrastructure: A woman in her 40's is newly married, and confides in her friend over brunch, they are going to have a baby.Leviathan: An intergalactic cruise ship is damaged and resources are running dangerously low.The Fortune Teller's Confession: A fortune teller asks to be killed by the husband of his mistress.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. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

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 - January 2023 Pulling Up Azaleas: A cheating husband in a failed marriage blames his wife for the gun pointed at him.One Hour: A journalist interviews the owner of a strange restaurant and has a meal that causes him to question his life.The Chair of Opportunity: The aging owner of a mega-corporation offers to switch bodies forever with one of his employees.The Worst Thing You Can Do is Nothing: A cold war officer is faced with attack warnings that may signal World War III.People Like Ants: A husband mistakenly tells his daughter that all life is precious, including the increasing number of ants she is inviting into the house.The Formula: A group of boys get into a car crash and an AI algorithm is forced to decide who lives and dies.Externalities: A traveling wise man gives each customer the service they need, while teaching his apprentice a valuable lesson about externality. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - October 2022The Loneliest Number: A bipolar piano player goes off her medication to enter an international competition.Immortality Failure: The medical nanites in the elderly inventor's body are failing, and she is finally going to die.Gardenia: The narrator decides to stop in for breakfast at a small-town diner and must come to terms with Elroy Goddard.After "The End": A free-floating planet is on a collision course with earth and a man must decide how to spend his last hours.The Empathery: Various family members try out new bodies to learn empathy and teambuilding.I, Von Economo: A woman goes back to get revenge on the man who forced her soul into a new body.Love Sounds: A mother suffering from mental illness wants to help plan her daughter's wedding.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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students.¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - July 2022Acceptance: A man sinking in the mud refuses help.I Never: A man of diminished mental capacity is accused of murder when he's found holding the bloody knife.Sort of Polarity: A new disease hits the earth that and causes very selective blindness in humanity.Reginald's Party: A female interloper crashes an "emotions" wine tasting.Left To Lose: A young woman is tricked to trade important pieces of her life to help a rebel group.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.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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - September 2022 Milla's Dandelion: Alchemilla encounters a gentle horned man in the woods while looking for flowers.The Heaven - The Earth: Morton is growing a hole right through his belly and has to come to terms with his life choices.French Connection: A college student is transported back to Paris to have coffee with Simone de Beauvoir, Jean Paul Sartre, and Albert Camus.Where Have All The Young Girls Gone?: A librarian waiting tenure hears from a "very reliable source" there is sex-for-grades cover up.Reflections On Mr. Twain: A minor car accident, several litigations, and a choice about telling the truth.Idle Horns: A horned demon of hell born to eternally torture the damned walks off the job.The Mind Reader: An outspoken bar patron runs an experiment to see if the world can be divided into the "weak" and the "strong" in attempt to prove he's not an authoritarian fascist. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

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 defined 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 - December 2022Mrs. Robinson: Set in Elizabethan England, a young woman marries a too-good-to-be-true heir to an estate, only to find out he has a secret.Male Privilege: The narrator is picked by the retiring Mayor to be his successor, but his questionable past catches up to him before election day.The Bargain: Alien real estate developers visit earth to let us know our planet is in a prime development location and set to add 40 billion inhabitants.The Kill Registry: In a world where everyone in society gets "one free kill," the narrator finds out his attractive coworker got a promotion.Lev's Pawn Shop: A dying pawn shop own looks to return all the items in his shop to settle his account with God.Sacrificing Mercy: A devout Christian refuses a heart transplant based on her religious convictions.Everyone's Gay In Space: Douglas Junior goes to lunch with his successful, gay, astronaut clone.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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

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 - September 2023The Tennis Bracelet: A couple on a foreign vacation accidently steal a diamond.Midsummer's Night: A student overdoses at an elite school and Niki knows the reluctant dealer.Six Dart Out: Death gives a struggling bar owner a chance to spare his own life.The Pool: A good-willed apartment complex owner deals with ever-complaining tenants as she attempts community improvements.Recapturing The Spark: A married couple go on separate dates while texting each other.Bill And The Tooth Fairy: Bill believes he has, literally, offended the tooth fairy.Sienna's Monster: Sienna lives with a monster no one else can see. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

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 - October 2023The Scar We Bear: A convicted criminal undergoes gene therapy and gets released from a life sentence.Form Seven Alpha: A city resident is caught breaking the law and is given the choice between one of five punishment options.Q-Tip Options: The narrator befriends Abby and Robert, the homeless couple living by her house.After Lincoln Hills: The narrator's son is sentenced to two years detention and lifetime registration as a sex offender.The Color of Hope: An inner-city teacher has her first African-American, Muslim, student.Soon The Sentence Sign: A bar fight turns into a brush with the colonial AI driven judicial system.Echo: A woman wakes up to find she was "saved" by being put into the body of a robot with far fewer human rights than she is accustomed. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

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 - August 2023Three Blocks: The narrator sees her face on the body of those she passes on the street in need.Euthanasia: In a dystopian future, Hank works on a farm for the euthanizing of sick, unwanted, or abandoned animals.Cicada: Dr. Zhang invents teleportation but refuses to share it with the world.Intervention: Bill has decided it's time to confront his brother about his obesity.Tempus Fugit: An aging woman must decide if she wants to give, or steal, additional years from others.The Human Experience: A married couple negotiates the genetic future of their unborn child.Simon: A man is on trial because he killed the devil. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

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 - July 2023Conveyor: Arthur Montague is on trial for genocide and war crimes...again, and again, for eternity.The Things We Give: Martha sells years off the end of her life to help her mother and make ends meet. The Greater Good: A court is asked to rule on erasing a convicted criminal from ever having existed.The Free Will of Professor Sturmhauser: A depressed philosophy professor is a deep believer in the lack of free will.Leave A Message: The instigator of a relationship breakup keeps calling his ex, but should he?Pandora's Dreams: A new technology allows the recording, playback, and sale of dreams.The Library of Gromma: A young boy must protect the machine that preserves the memories of his grandmother and his community. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

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 - June 2023To Light A Flame: A higher species is tasked with reviewing every possible timeline and placing each human's consciousness in their happiest version.Ding, Ding, Ding!: Simulated evil and good AI personalities are run through tests to determine if they are safe for humanity's future.Hard Metal: A courthouse security guard is put in charge of escorting the grief-stricken mother in a murder case.The After: A repentant veteran attempts to apologize to the family for causing their child's death. The Hanging Man: Patrons ignore a dead homeless man hanging in the corner of a posh art gallery opening.Teddy And Roosevelt: Two misfit boys strike up an unlikely friendship in the shadow of President Roosevelt.People Used To Die Every Day: A young man is caught in a lie to his partner; he has been illegally "sleeping" at night. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

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 2023Moist: The narrator's houseplants are inexplicably being watered, which causes her to question all of reality.The Draft: Society forces all babies to be born, but creates a lottery system requiring all men to care for them. Never Enough (Until You Earn It): Two African refugees make their way to Europe and are provided "basic income."Final Determination: A murder victim is waiting in the afterlife to decide the eternal fate of her recently deceased killer.More: A cheating husband's mistress discovers he is married and forces him to tell his wife about their relationship.His Neighbor's Wife: An unhappy husband kills his neighbor's wife so that his wife will be put to death under "law of vindication."The Waiting Room: A teenager strikes up a conversation with those waiting to get new life dreams assigned to them.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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

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 - April 2023Thorn: A local builder comes across an upstart carpenter in a neighboring village that he believes threatens his business.What We Talk About When We Talk About Reincarnation: A gay couple, and a trans couple, get together for drinks and try to figure out what it means to be a man/woman.The House of God: A mother takes her sick child to church, and is forced to answer her son's questions about the omnipotence.Visions of Midwives: A midwife in training learns the midwife secret, that at the moment of birth each midwife is able to see the future of the newly born child.Playing God: Jack is abducted by the Zoomarians who ask him to play God, and fix the moral failings of humanity.And Joy Shall Overtake Us As A Flood: An elderly man goes back in time to speak to his childhood self and, just maybe, change his future.Boomchee: A law student sets her coworker up on a date, only to find out the guy has a mail order secret. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

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 - March 2023Child's Play: A middle-school bully blackmailing the other school kids is caught, and severely punished.Glad All Over: An elderly man helps his fellow season-ticket holder with his existential crisis with philosophy lessons.Understanding Ice Cream: Professor Gault meets a mysterious stranger that causes him to question the underlying causes of political polarization.Dublin Area Rowdy Teens: An Englishman stands up to a group of rowdy teens and gets hate from his fellow passenger as thanks.Some Kind of Justice: A factory manager assaults his employee, who later finds out she is a donor match for his child.Metaphors: A widowed white woman in a black community has a falling out with the neighbor.The Crate: Two women escape from a country that forces equal treatment to one that encourages differences, and find both have their issues. 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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

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 - February 2023M.I.N.D. Your Marriage: A newlywed realizes her husband has planted a memory reading device into her brain to "protect their marriage."The Causes of the First World War: A gay romance causes a downward spiral for one partner, and questions of ethics and responsibility for the other.Trick or Treat: A chance find at closing nik nak shop causes its buyer windfall profits. Jerry's World: Jerry has a wonderful life, and is pretty sure the world revolves around him.Momentary Paradise: The narrator watches a late-night movie that makes her question what moment in her life would be her personal framework for heaven.God is Alive: A would-be atheist philosopher has a personal interaction with God and is given a physics defying miracle of proof.In Their Image: A Pastor is invited to open a church on another planet, but finds its furry inhabitants have a unique faith all their own.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 across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students. ¿¿¿ 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")¿¿¿

"Short Stories For Long Discussions…" Get ready to dive into the most thought-provoking and intellectually stimulating discussions of the year with "After Dinner Conversation - Best Of 2022." This must-have collection features the most compelling philosophy, ethics and social issues as short story fiction from one of the year's top-rated monthly literary magazines. With a diverse range of genres, from science-fiction to historical fiction, and with contributions from both established and up-and-coming authors, this book is guaranteed to challenge your beliefs and spark meaningful conversations!Perfect for philosophy students, fiction enthusiasts, or anyone looking to expand their mind; this book is a must-have for anyone who wants to take their conversations to the next level. Be the one to introduce your friends and family to the fascinating world of ethical and moral dilemmas. Each story comes with five suggested discussion questions that will keep you talking for hours.---------------------------Short stories by (in alphabetical order): Safiyyah Althaff, Veronica L. Asay, Tommy Blanchard, Brian Carey, David A. Cohen, Robert Collings, M. M. De Voe, Clare Diston, Garrett Elms, Jeffrey Feingold, Larry Kite, Michael Klein, Ville V. Kokko, Phillip Scott Mandel, Holly McGinnis, Megan Neary, Harrison V. Perry, Steven Ross, Margret A. Treiber, Jonathan Turner, Thomas J. Weiss, and Michael Zemel.¿¿¿ If you enjoy this anthology, subscribe via our website to "After Dinner Conversation Magazine" and receive similar ethical and philosophical short stories delivered (print or digital) every month. (Just search "After Dinner Conversation Magazine")¿¿¿