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See ya later

Amy Robinson November 15, 2024
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Harbinger Editorial

Aurelius Raines II October 15, 2024
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What does “Harbinger” mean to Apparition Lit?

Marie Baca Villa August 16, 2024
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Anachronism Editorial

Sarah Ramdawar July 15, 2024
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What does “Anachronism” mean to Apparition Lit?

Marie Baca Villa May 20, 2024
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Mercurial Editorial

Jordan Kurella April 15, 2024
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What does “Mercurial” mean to Apparition Lit?

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Blight Editorial

Brandon O'Brien January 15, 2024
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What does “Blight” mean to Apparition Lit?

Marie Baca Villa November 11, 2023
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Eat your heart out! Here are the 2024 themes for Apparition Lit’s Monthly Flash Fiction Contest

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Reclamation: An Ever Changing Definition – An Editorial by Ai Jiang

Ai Jiang October 15, 2023
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What does “Reclamation” mean to Apparition Lit?

Marie Baca Villa August 7, 2023
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The Creature Editorial by Wen-yi Lee

Wen-yi Lee July 15, 2023
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Writing Winning Flash for Apparition Lit

Marie Baca Villa June 25, 2023
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What does “Creature” mean to Apparition Lit?

Marie Baca Villa May 20, 2023
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The Symmetry Editorial by Kel Coleman

Kel Coleman April 15, 2023
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What does “Symmetry” mean to Apparition Lit?

Marie Baca Villa February 23, 2023
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A Certain Kind of Dread in Two (or more) Voices – The Dread Editorial by Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas and Eugenia Triantafyllou

Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas and Eugenia Triantafyllou January 15, 2023
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New Year’s Resolutions for Non-Mortals

Marie Baca Villa January 1, 2023
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2022 Awards Eligibility

Marie Baca Villa December 31, 2022
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What does “Dread” mean to Apparition Lit?

Marie Baca Villa November 18, 2022
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Nostalgia Bingo and a Spotify playlist!

Marie Baca Villa November 11, 2022
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A Word from Nostalgia Guest Editor – Sabrina Vourvoulias

Sabrina Vourvoulias October 15, 2022
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Guest Editor Q&A with Omen Editor Kevin M. Casin

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What does “Nostalgia” mean to Apparition Lit?

Marie Baca Villa August 25, 2022
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NOSTALGIA Issue Accepting Spanish Language Submissions!

Rebecca Bennett August 14, 2022
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OMEN Editorial by Guest Editor Kevin M. Casin

Kevin M. Casin July 15, 2022
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These are dark times. Enjoy some music!

Marie Baca Villa July 11, 2022
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What does “Omen” mean to Apparition Lit?

Marie Baca Villa May 22, 2022
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Wanderlust Editorial by Guest Editor M. L. Krishnan

M.L. Krishnan April 15, 2022
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Charm: A Spotify Playlist

Marie Baca Villa March 11, 2022
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Guest Editor Q&A: Lauren Ring

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What does “Wanderlust” mean to Apparition Lit?

Marie Baca Villa February 23, 2022
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Charm Editorial by Guest Editor Lauren Ring

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This or That: Holiday and New Years Edition

Marie Baca Villa December 31, 2021
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2021 Awards Eligibility

Marie Baca Villa December 13, 2021
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Wonder: A Spotify Playlist

Marie Baca Villa December 1, 2021
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What does “Charm” mean to Apparition Lit?

Marie Baca Villa November 19, 2021
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The Wonder Issue Editorial by Guest Editor Maria Dong

Maria Dong October 15, 2021
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A blog in celebration of a benchmark…

Marie Baca Villa September 3, 2021
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Contamination Editorial by Guest Editor Aigner Loren Wilson

Aigner Loren Wilson July 15, 2021
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Contamination, a Spotify Playlist

Marie Baca Villa July 1, 2021
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Submission Etiquette 101

Marie Baca Villa June 13, 2021
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What does “Contamination” mean to Apparition Lit?

Marie Baca Villa May 11, 2021
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Chance Editorial by Guest Editor Premee Mohamed

Premee Mohamed April 15, 2021
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Introducing App Lit’s Generative Writing Workshops

Marie Baca Villa April 6, 2021
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Submissions We Liked (and Some We Didn’t): The Chance Issue

Marie Baca Villa March 22, 2021
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Prelude to Justice Editorial

Rebecca Bennett January 15, 2021
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Apparition Lit 2020 Award Eligibility

Rebecca Bennett November 25, 2020
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Satisfaction Editorial from Guest Editor Tiffany Morris

Tiffany Morris October 15, 2020
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Redemption Editorial

Tacoma Tomilson July 15, 2020
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Transfiguration Editorial

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APPARITION LIT HAS A PODCAST!

Amy Robinson February 14, 2020
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Editors Note on Experimentation

Tacoma Tomilson January 15, 2020
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Give Me Some of That – Euphoria Issue Editorial From Guest Editor – Ezzy Languzzi

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A Word From Our Editor

Clarke Doty July 15, 2019
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The Ambition Editorial

Amy Robinson April 15, 2019
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APPARITION LIT HAS A PATREON!

Amy Robinson March 20, 2019
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Here’s Looking at You, 2019

Clarke Doty February 18, 2019
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Editor’s Note on Resistance

Tacoma Tomilson January 15, 2019
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Apparition Lit Recommends! 2018 Good Things by Amy

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Apparition Lit Recommends! 2018 Good Things by Clarke

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Apparition Lit Recommends! 2018 Good Things by Tacoma

Tacoma Tomilson December 17, 2018
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Apparition Lit Recommends! Good Things and Gift Ideas

Rebecca Bennett December 10, 2018
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Apparition Lit Recommends! Nebula Eligibility

Amy Robinson November 22, 2018
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Diversion Editor’s Note

Rebecca Bennett October 15, 2018
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How to Use a Hurricane to Your Advantage, as a Writer:

Clarke Doty September 17, 2018
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Barnacles!

Clarke Doty September 10, 2018
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Apparition Lit Recommends July 2018: Music to Keep You Writing

Amy Robinson July 2, 2018
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Get to the Point: Lessons From The Slush Pile

Amy Robinson June 18, 2018
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Apparition Lit Recommends May 2018: Alternate Universe

Tacoma Tomilson May 28, 2018
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Your Ideas are Repetitive and that’s OK

Rebecca Bennett May 21, 2018
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A Word From Our Editor on Delusion

Amy Robinson April 15, 2018
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Apparition Lit Recommends! All Kinds of Things

Amy Robinson April 9, 2018
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Like It or Not

Rebecca Bennett April 2, 2018
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Apparition Lit Recommends! Poetry

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Inactivity is the Mind Killer

Rebecca Bennett March 12, 2018
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Ideas From Outside Of Your Brain

Amy Robinson March 5, 2018
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Apparition Lit Recommends! Flash Fiction

Rebecca Bennett February 26, 2018
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Critique Groups

Tacoma Tomilson February 19, 2018
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Distraction, Direction, Hope: We Need SF & F in Turbulent Times

Amy Robinson February 5, 2018
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Apparition Lit Recommends! January 2018

Rebecca Bennett January 29, 2018
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A January Residency

Tacoma Tomilson January 22, 2018
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A Word From Our Editor

Tacoma Tomilson January 15, 2018
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Choosing Point of View and Avoiding Pitfalls in the Slush

Clarke Doty January 8, 2018
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Hard Sells and Uphill Climbs

Rebecca Bennett January 1, 2018
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Apparition Lit Recommends! Best of 2017

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You Don’t Have to Provide the Receipts for Your Nerdery: On Why Gatekeeping is the Worst

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All Together Now – NaNoWriMo and Community

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Slush and Difficult Starts

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On Killing Your Darlings

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Look to Genre for Women Editors

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Spec Fic: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

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Formatting Your Work: Set It and Forget It

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Apparition Lit Recommends! Spooky Stories

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Next Steps and Giant Leaps

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Welcome to Apparition Literary Magazine

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COMING JANUARY 2018 – Apparition Literary Magazine Premiere Issue – Apparition

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Not What This Is Really About-Sanitized

Amy Robinson November 12, 1970
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