October Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine Is Out!

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Oct 5

The October, 2022 Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine is out!

Read exclusive short stories that ask “what if” ethical and philosophical questions. Sign up today on the website to get your copy! You can also get our magazine through our partners starting on the 10th, via Zinio, Readly, and Amazon. Or, if libraries are your thing, you can also read us through your library via the Overdrive and Libby apps for free!

Story Summary

The 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.

Primary Question In Each Story

The Loneliest Number: Should a bipolar person go on medication if doing so limits their ability to do “great things?”
Immortality Failure: Is the specter of death the greatest motivator of life?
Gardenia: Is there value in taking credit for the success of your own hard work?
After "The End": How would you live if you knew there would be no tomorrow?
The Empathery: What might you learn by walking in another person’s body?
I, Von Economo: What would you do to ensure your soul continues forever?
Love Sounds: Is it fair to limit a close family member with a mental illness from your most cherished moments?