Apparition Literary Magazine is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine that features short stories and poetry. We’re excited to provide you with original short stories and poetry from Apparition Lit’s digital issues.
Annual subscriptions are available for $9.99USD – Subscribe today! Subscribers and contributors will receive a quarterly email with copies of the pdf, epub, and mobi version. (Immediately after your subscription has been processed, click “Return to Merchant” link on the receipt page. That will direct you to links for the current issue!)July 2020 - Issue 11 - Redemption
Apparition Lit Issue 11: Redemption is now available for purchase for only $2.99USD. You can buy your copy at:
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EDITORIAL
Redemption Editorial by Tacoma Tomilson
POEMS
Cursebody by May Chong
Posle Nas by Rosalie Morales Kearns
STORIES
Saying Sorry by Rebecca Fung
Once Upon a Night by Sam Muller
The Limits of Magic by Samantha Mills
The Truth of a Lie by Jeff Reynolds
ESSAY
You are the Dream and the Dreamer by Aurelius Raines II
INTERVIEW
Artist Interview with Erika Hollice
April 2020 - Issue 10 - Transfiguration
Apparition Lit Issue 10: Transfiguration is now available for purchase for only $2.99USD. You can buy your copy at:
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EDITORIAL
Transfiguration Editorial by Tacoma Tomilson
SHORT FICTION
Possible Human Hearts by Lyndsie Manusos
The Bear Wife by Leah Bobet
The Order of Stolen Hearts by Xan van Rooyen
What the Water Gave Her by Avra Margariti
POEMS
Still by Rachel McKinley
All the Better by Jessica J. Horowitz
INTERVIEW
Artist Interview with Tijana Janovic by Rebecca Bennett
ESSAY
It’s Okay to Cry During a Pandemic by Amy Robinson
January 2020 - Issue 9 - Experimentation
Apparition Lit Issue 9: Experimentation is now available for purchase for only $2.99USD. You can buy your copy at:
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EDITORIAL
Editor’s Note on Experimentation by Tacoma Tomilson
SHORT FICTION
The Redoubtables by Premee Mohamed
Passavanti’s Fantasima by Julia August
One Song Ending by E.A. Petricone
You Can Check Out Any Time You Like by Rhonda Eikamp
POETRY
Motes and Morsels by Dawn Vogel
At the Bleeding Edge by Lisa Timpf
ARTIST INTERVIEW
Artist Interview with Kim Myatt
ESSAY
I’ll Try Anything Zero to Four Times by Clarke Doty
2019 Issues
October 2019 - Issue 8 - Euphoria
Apparition Lit Issue 8: Euphoria is now available for purchase for only $2.99USD. You can buy your copy at:
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EDITORIAL
A Word on the Euphoria Issue by Guest Editor Ezzy Languzzi
SHORT FICTION
Ilyas’ Egg by Sameem Siddiqui
An Account of the Defeat of Earth’s Conqueror by Adam Lee Weatherford
A Word for What We Have by Jennifer Hudak
A Gentler Sky by Amelia Sirina
POETRY
Belly of the Beast by Holly Lyn Walrath
Luna Rasa by Tiffany Morris
ARTIST INTERVIEW
Artist Interview with Abi Stevens
ESSAY
It’s Not a Big Thing by Amy Robinson
July 2019 - Issue 7 - Retribution
Apparition Lit Issue 7: Retribution is now available for purchase for only $2.99USD. You can buy your copy at:
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EDITORIAL
A Word from our Editor by Clarke Doty
SHORT FICTION
Our Roots Devour by Lora Gray
Dead Meat by Maria Haskins
His Heart is the Haunted House by Aimee Ogden
The Wolf of Pendarvis by Genevieve Sinha
POETRY
Abeona, Goddess of Outward Journeys, pilots the interstellar ark by Nisa Malli
Sea Witch from the Deep by Ellen Huang
ARTIST INTERVIEW
Artist Interview with buboplague
ESSAY
Planting the Seed: From Now and Then to Beneath a Sugar Sky by Rebecca Bennett
April 2019 – Issue 6: Ambition
Apparition Lit Issue 6: Ambition is now available for purchase for only $2.99USD. You can buy your copy at:
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EDITORIAL
The Ambition Editorial by Amy Robinson
SHORT FICTION
eLon-4 Breaks A Mirror by Aurelius Raines II
The Hermes VII by Donna J. W. Munro
Juliet Silver and the Sea of Prosperity by Wendy Nikel
Sasha’s Pattern, Sonia’s Edge by Katherine Quevedo
POETRY
The Muse Does Not Give a Fuck about Your Personal Safety by Jennifer Crow
Naiad by Cameryn Araduke
REPRINT
The Last from Premee Mohamed
ARTIST INTERVIEW
Q&A with cover artist Erion Makuo
ESSAY
It’s Cute How Hard You Try: Carol Danvers and Ambition by Tacoma Tomilson
April 2019 – Issue 5: Resistance
Apparition Lit Issue 5: Resistance is now available for purchase for only $2.99USD. You can buy your copy at:
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EDITORIAL
Editor’s Note on Resistance by Tacoma Tomilson
SHORT FICTION
Grey Evergreen by Marlena Evans
Hearts Made Marble, Weapons Shaped From Bone by A.J. Fitzwater
In Silence, I’ll Sing by Laura O’Brien
Who Defies the Watcher by Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga
POETRY
For Dark Figures and the Long Way Home by Bria Strothers
Taking, Keeping by Jessica J. Horowitz
INTERVIEW
Artist Interview with Crystal Lipsey
ESSAY
How to Fight Bullies with Angry Poems! and Other Ways to Join the Resistance by Clarke Doty
2018 Issues
April 2018 – Issue 4: Diversion
Apparition Lit Issue 4: Diversion is currently available for purchase for only $2.99USD.
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EDITORIAL
A Word from Our Editor by Rebecca Bennett
SHORT FICTION
The Honey Cure by Rob Francis
If You Require Assistance by Chloie Piveral
Roy Reschedules with Death by Karen Heslop
A Provenance of Hunger by Emma JeNeal Miller
POETRY
Station Rain by Erik Burdett
Sides of the Glass by John Grey
REPRINT
Flying with the Dead by Sabrina Vourvoulias
INTERVIEW
Artist Interview with Sharlyn Artieda
ESSAY
Not What This Is Really About by Amy Henry Robinson
April 2018 – Issue 3: Vision
Our third issue of Apparition Lit Issue 3: Vision is currently available for purchase for only $2.99USD.
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EDITORIAL
A Word from Our Editor by Clarke Doty
SHORT FICTION
The Lady of Light by Jason A. Zwiker
Phantasm by Magdi Hazaa
They Are Still Building It by C.S. Malerich
Visionary by Rhonda Eikamp
Where Dead Men Go to Dream by A.C. Wise
POETRY
Beasts of Late Winter by Casey Reinhardt
Virtuality by Lynne Sargent
ESSAY
The Horrors of the Unseen by Rebecca Bennett
INTERVIEW
Artist Interview: Honeycomb by Julie Dillon by Rebecca Bennett
April 2018 – Issue 2: Delusion
Our second issue of Apparition Lit Issue 2: Delusion is now available for purchase for only $2.99USD.
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EDITORIAL
A Word from Our Editor by Amy Robinson
SHORT FICTION
The Ice Tree by Sarena Ulibarri
Mirror, Mirror by M.P. Neal
Long Dry Waste by Laura DeHaan
Sea Shanties by Amelia Fisher
POETRY
don’t paint the devil on the wall by Amy Baskin
The Deniers by Matthew Harrison
ESSAY
The Shared Delusion of Dungeons & Dragons by Tacoma Tomilson
INTERVIEW
Artist Interview: Quiet Time with Luke Spooner by Rebecca Bennett
April 2018 – Issue 1: Apparition
The inaugural issue of Apparition Lit Issue 1: Apparition is available for purchase for only $2.99USD.
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EDITORIAL
A Word from Our Editor by Tacoma Tomilson
SHORT FICTION
World Cry by Tara Williams
A Promise by Jennifer Hudak
The Jade Woman by Garrett Davis
Waiting for the Dawn by Anna Salonen
2611 by Cat Rambo
POETRY
Quickening by Shannon Connor Winward
Esprit d’escalier by May Chong
ESSAY
I See Dead People by Clarke Doty
INTERVIEW
Artist Interview with Kim Sokol by Rebecca Bennett
