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OCTOBER 2024 - ISSUE 28: Harbinger
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EDITORIAL
Harbinger Editorial – Aurelius Raines
SHORT FICTION
Estelle by Carol Duncan
Skittering Within by Kelsea Yu
Our Last Evening in a Moon-Struck City by Madeehah Reza
The Pancake House at the End of the World by L.M. Guay
POEMS
Gutted by Cameron E Quinn
Replacement Rainforests by May Chong
How Did I Die This Time by Anne Liberton
The Robot Malfunctions in Want of Locks and Braids by Timi Sanni
Thank you for Your Service by August Cao
The Siren’s Song by Marilia Angeline
ESSAYS
The Stories I Tell Myself by Jennifer Hudak
Farewell Editorial Essay by Amy Henry Robinson
Banner and Issue 28 Cover art by Annalise Jensen
July 2024 - ISSUE 27: ANACHRONISM
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EDITORIAL
Anachronism Editorial – Sarah Ramdawar
SHORT FICTION
Melting Point by Cass Wilkinson Saldaña
Rosewater, Clinging to the Tongue by Leah Ning
Another Old Country by Nadia Radovich
Like a Fly Clasped in a Hand by Nadav Schul-Kutas
POEMS
Galatea Pt II by Mykki Rios
Light Lies by Coby Rosser
The Archive of Birds by Mary Soon Lee
Experiencing Grief Amidst Aliens by Ayòdéjì Israel
For Poppy by Asa Delaney
ESSAYS
Here in the After by Kelsea Yu
Banner and Issue 27 Cover art by Annalise Jensen
April 2024 - Issue 26: MERCURIAL
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EDITORIAL
Mercurial Editorial – Jordan Kurella
SHORT FICTION
In the Loams of Hope by Jorja Osha
The Other Sky by Heather Child
Darnsworth Products by RSL
The Sun Never Sets in Our Country by Abhishek Sengupta
POEMS
Hoppers, the Wisest Frog in Space by Seth Wade
silksong::onechild by Marina Cooper
A Record of My Emperor After the Elixir of Life by Arda Mori
Anticaprice/Chemical Engineering Mage by Bogi Takács
fox games by Emily Y. Teng
ESSAYS
Mercurial As Your Skin by Moriam E. Kuye
Banner and Issue 26 Cover art by Annalise Jensen
January 2024 - Issue 25: BLIGHT
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EDITORIAL
Blight Editorial – Brandon O’Brien
SHORT FICTION
Everything, Nothing At All, and All That’s In Between by Rebecca Treasure
A Proper Vessel, A Perfect House by Ash Huang
The City and the Styrofoam Sea by Mar Vincent
Bringing Down The Neighborhood by Bernard McGhee
The Plague Collector by Tom Okafor
POEMS
Silt and Soot by Gretchen Tessmer
Moonflower by Sara Omer
Collective Cryo Dream by Casey Aimer
In the Urban Darkness, Something by Jessica Peter
October 2023 - Issue 24: RECLAMATION
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EDITORIAL
Reclamation Editorial by Ai Jiang
SHORT FICTION
Vessels and Warnings by Gabrielle Emem Harry
An Unraveling by K.S. Walker
Crabgrass in October by Elena Sichrovsky
Hunt by A.D. Sui
POEMS
footprints, fruit trees by Crystal Sidell
Language as a Form of Breath by Angel Leal
Bulrush Ritual by Charlie Espinosa
Thread Remedy by Tara Campbell
ESSAYS
How Can You Reclaim What You Never Had? An Essay by Tehnuka
Banner and Issue 24 Cover art by Edith Silva
July 2023 - Issue 23: CREATURE
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EDITORIAL
Creature Editorial by Wen-yi Lee
SHORT FICTION
Unit Six: Intro to Manticores by Louis Inglis Hall
Lupus In Fabula by Briar Ripley Page
The Fall of Esther Park by Lynn D. Jung
The Greenhorn by Taylor Rae
POEMS
Love and Strife by Frank Podmore
the thing that leaps by Elis Montgomery
The Nigerian Nightmare by Chinedu Gospel
kan-da-ka by Nadaa Hussein
ESSAYS
How to Become a Creature by Premee Mohamed
Creatures Big and Small Under the Desert Sun – Edith Silva’s Creature Cover Art-icle by Maria Schrater
Banner and Issue 23 Cover art by Edith Silva
April 2023 - Issue 22: SYMMETRY
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EDITORIAL
Symmetry Editorial by Kel Coleman
SHORT FICTION
Through the Glass, a Full Sea by P.H. Low
The Sea Hare by Wailana Kalama
Paper Teeth by Mare Knaupp
A Catalog of Gifts from a Crow by Jo Miles
POEMS
Helen After Helen by Rasha Abdulhadi
I, Hunger by Nnadi Samuel
Invertebrate Gazebo by Angela Acosta
Marriage by Yee Heng Yeh
ESSAYS
Symmetry, Horror & Identity by Tania Chen
I Know Too Much About Scurvy – Edith Silva’s Symmetry Cover Art-icle by Maria Schrater
Banner and Issue 22 Cover art by Edith Silva
January 2023 - Issue 21: Dread
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EDITORIAL
Dread Editorial by Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas and Eugenia Triantafyllou
SHORT FICTION
Luis, the Last Time by Rachel Lastra
The Bones Are Hungry by Joshua Jones Lofflin
Oh Jackie by Wess Mongo Jolley
Soulbirds by Sylvia Heike
POEMS
The Marriages: The dybbuk by Gemma Cooper-Novack
Shut Mouths Sing Melodious by Tiffany Morris
CONSENT FOR FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION WITH THE SHELLEY CONCEPTS INC CUSTOM PATIENT-FITTED RECONSTRUCTION PROSTHESIS by Katie R. Yen
Ghostboy Kills Our Mother with Trauma by Olumide Manuel
ESSAYS
inhale\exhale\inhale\exhale\inhale\exhale by Jeané Ridges
Dread is Being Trapped in a Curiosity Shop by Your Terrible Sense of Direction
Edith Silva’s Dread Cover Art-icle by Maria Schrater
Banner and Issue 21 Cover art by Edith Silva
2022 Issues
October 2022 - Issue 20: Nostalgia
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EDITORIAL
Nostalgia Editorial by Guest Editor Sabrina Vourvoulias
SHORT FICTION
The Hungry Tree by Auden Patrick
A, B, B, A by Russell Nichols
Solo le quedaron ocho (Then There Were Eight) Por elena félix
Wing/Flower by Endria Isa Richardson
Entre cráteres, nosotros Por Ana Hurtado
POEMS
Backward Compatibility (Quinceañera on a Generation Ship) by Katherine Quevedo
Icarus, and the Truths That Bore Him by Jessica Cho
ESSAYS
The Ghosts of Goodbyes by Marie Baca Villa
Erika Holice’s Nostalgia Cover Art by Rebecca Bennett
Banner and Issue 20 Cover art by Erika Hollice
July 2022 - Issue 19: Omen
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EDITORIAL
Omen Editorial by Guest Editor Kevin M. Casin
SHORT FICTION
Infinite Clay-Tablet Memories Sung Into the Flesh of the World by Ann LeBlanc
A Personal Apocalypse by Léon Othenin-Girard
Just One Death by Matt Richardson
Heart-Eater by Tania Chen
POEMS
What Use are Wings to a Creature of the Sea by Vanessa Jae
Apples in Hell by Marie E. Kopp
ESSAYS
Here There Be Dragons by Maria Schrater
Erika Holice’s Omen Cover Art by Rebecca Bennett
Banner and Issue 19 Cover art by Erika Hollice
April 2022 - Issue 18: Wanderlust
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EDITORIAL
Wanderlust Editorial by Guest Editor M.L. Krishnan
SHORT FICTION
The Grief Portal by Aun-Juli Riddle
Six Steps to Become a Saint by Avi Burton
A Spring Divine by Armaan Kapur
Hitchhiker by Lindz McLeod
POEMS
After Inventing Time Travel by Mary Soon Lee
While Alice Sleeps in Wonderland by Marisca Pichette
ESSAYS
Multiverse Reimagined by Kamilah Yasmin
Dino DNA – Erika Holice’s Wanderlust Cover Art by Rebecca Bennett
Issue 18 Cover art by Erika Hollice
January 2022 - Issue 17 - Charm
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EDITORIAL
Charm Editorial by Guest Editor Lauren Ring
SHORT FICTION
Tea and Owls by Teresa Milbrodt
Silver Bells by Jaime Marvin
The Goblins of South India by Naethan Pais
She Calls by Nelly Geraldine Garcia-Rosas
POEMS
Charm of Goldfinches by Crystal Sidell
Creek Bed Charms by Gretchen Tessmer
ESSAY
Creating Charm with Erika Hollice, Artist-In-Residence by Rebecca Bennett
Issue 17 Cover art by Erika Hollice
2021 Issues
October 2021 - Issue 16: Wonder
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EDITORIAL
Wonder Editorial by Guest Editor Maria Dong
SHORT FICTION
Cocoon by Atreyee Gupta
Feudal Superstition – Yiwen Bu
A Home for the Hungry Tide by Alexandra Singer
Lavender, Juniper, Gunpowder, Smoke by Alyson Grauer
Flock of Words and Wonder by Marie Croke
POEMS
Beefriend by May Chong
Stranger Organs by Shaoni C. White
INTERVIEW
Working on Wonder – Erion Makuo, Artist-In-Residence by Rebecca Bennett
ESSAY
A Deeply Rooted Wonder by Jessica Cho
Issue 16 Cover art by Erion Makuo
July 2021 - Issue 15 - Contamination
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EDITORIAL
Contamination Editorial by Guest Editor Aigner Loren Wilson
SHORT FICTION
The Godmaker’s Cure by December Cuccaro
I Wear My Spiders in Remembrance of Myself by Kel Coleman
Mushroom Head by Marla Bingcang
She Dreams in Bronze by Sylvia Ho
POEMS
träumerei by Ewen Ma
Inextricable by Venne Hrzaan
INTERVIEW
Creating Contamination Cover Art – Erion Makuo, Artist-In-Residence by Rebecca Bennett
ESSAY
When We Lost Touch by H.E. Casson
Issue 15 Cover art by Erion Makuo
April 2021 - Issue 14 - Chance
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EDITORIAL
Chance Editorial by Guest Editor Premee Mohamed
SHORT FICTION
Queen Minnie’s Last Ride by Aimee Ogden
Bride, Knife, Flaming Horse by M. L. Krishnan
Watcher, Worker by Rona Fernandez
The Swamp Exchange by Laura Barker
POEMS
Fifteen Steps by Marisca Pichette
Bought and Sold // Trader by Ellen Huang
INTERVIEW
Crafting Chance: Journey of Cover Artwork by Erion Makuo
– Rebecca Bennett
ESSAY
Ripples of Love by Marguerite Croft
Issue 14 Cover art by Erion Makuo
January 2021 - Issue 13 - Justice
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EDITORIAL
Prelude
Dear Susan by Guest Editor Laura Barker
SHORT FICTION
Commodities by Zebib K. A
Honey and Mneme by Marika Bailey
Shark Girls by Caroline Diorio
Redlands by Jay Harper
It’s Never Just a Necklace by Ashland East
With the Nectar Comes the Sting by Jennifer Hudak
POEMS
A Body and Its Hunger by Sarah Ramdawar
Mothers of the Disappeared by Tehnuka
On Brutal Wing by Brian Hugenbruch
Alecto Chats on Her Smoke Break by Elizabeth R. McClellan
INTERVIEW
Making Justice – Erion Makuo, Artist-In-Residence by Rebecca Bennett
ESSAY
Justice is a Gravity Lens By Sameem Siddiqui
Issue 13 Cover art by Erion Makuo
2020 Issues
October 2020 - Issue 12 - Satisfaction
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EDITORIAL
Redemption Editorial by Guest Editor Tiffany Morris
POEMS
My Internal Advisor by Gabrielle Galchen
Dream Weaver by Blaize Kelly Strothers
STORIES
You Do What You’re Told by J.A.W. McCarthy
Sunrise, Sunrise, Sunrise by Lauren Ring
A Bird Always Wants More Mangoes by Maria Dong
The Gorgon’s Epitaphist by KT Bryski
ESSAY
Meandering Through Definitions of Satisfaction by Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga
INTERVIEW
Artist interview with Karina Serdyuk
July 2020 - Issue 11 - Redemption
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
