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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 - December 2025

• Soul Mate: Grieving a loved one's sudden death, a developer scrapes social media posts and diary entries and creates an AI companion in his image.
• Joint Rehabilitation: An incarcerated man earns a shot at early parole by playing a brutal, life-threatening sport.
• Today is the Day: An elderly man with advanced dementia desperately tries to divorce his husband every morning.
• There's a Riot in the Produce Drawer: A lonely man's life is overturned when his vegetables stage a political revolution.
• Bread for the World: A wealthy man secretly funds generous tipping sprees to ease his conscience.
• The Covenant: Two siblings, bound by childhood trauma, made a suicide pact that can only be enacted when they both agree.
• The Showing: A real estate agent, skeptical of the ghost stories surrounding her listings, is forced to become a medium for the dead.

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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