Archives 2019

Issue 69:  1st Quarter 2019

EDITORIAL
Annd… They’re Gone. by Wendy S. Delmater

FICTION

“Projections Do Not Guarantee Future Returns” by Marc Singer
“Exactly What You Need” by Brandon Crilly
“Along the Road to Giants” by Emily McCosh
“Adrift” by Wayne Martin

FLASH FICTION

“The Roots that Roam” by Joy Kennedy-O’Neill
“Cold Currents” by M. E. Garber

POETRY

Introduction to Abyss & Apex Poetry Issue 69 (includes special holiday poem by John C. Mannone.)

“The Bone Palace” by Nicole Melchionda
“My Father Hears the Aliens” by Ann K. Schwader
“Entanglement” by Rob Griffith
“Sublimation” by Nate Maxson
“MOAB” by Mark Budman
“How to Seduce Apophis” by Mary Soon Lee
“Artemis 11” by Kira Lovell
“How You Kept Saving my Life “ by Lauren McBride
“Amathomancer’s Charge” by Tanner Abernathy

SMALL PRESS BOOK REVIEWS

Divinity & the Python by Bonnie Randall
Southern Bound (Max Porter Mysteries 1) by Stuart Jaffe
The Sparrow in Hiding by J. Kathleen Cheney 

Issue 70:  2nd Quarter 2019

EDITORIAL
Rejectomancy Revisited” by Wendy S. Delmater

FICTION

“Exhibit K” by Nadia Afifi
“The Birds that Flew in Wartime” by Tamoha Sengupta
“A Missed Diversion” by R. S. Alexander
“Ars Poetica” by David F. Shultz

FLASH FICTION

Sibling Squabbles” by Gregg Chamberlain
“The Gifted Sommelier” by Grayson Bray Morris

POETRY

Introduction to Issue 70 Poetry by John C. Mannone

“The Right Hand of Starlight” by Gretchen Tessmer
“Mother of Cacti” by Tristan Beiter
“Through the Tattoo Needle of My Mind” by Cyn Kitchen
“A Confluence of Maple, a Resurgence of History” by Jake Sheff
“The American Drive-Through Revisited” by Isaac E. Payne
“Poisoned Fruit” by Gregory Kimbrell
“According to Lonely Planet” by Kathleen S. Burgess

SMALL PRESS BOOK REVIEWS

Issue 71:  3rd Quarter 2019

EDITORIAL
“Fear and Shadows: The Line Between Horror and Dark Fantasy” by Wendy S. Delmater

FICTION

“One Soul, Parchment Thin” by Calder Hutchinson
“A Study in Pink and Gold” by Richard Ford Burley
“The Red Oleander Murders” by Sean Patrick Hazlett
“Homecoming” by Elyse Kallen

FLASH FICTION

“The White Foal” by F.J.Bergmann
“1000 M Diving Finals” by Chris Batchelor

POETRY EDITORIAL
“Introduction to Abyss & Apex Poetry Issue 71” by John C. Mannone

POETRY

“Amalgamation” by Anuel Rodriguez
“Atlas of Guam” by Peter Milne Greiner
“Where Once We Swam” by Patricia Gomes
“Voyage Season” by Eva Papasoulioti
“First Generation: The Miner Writes Home to His Grandmother Regarding His Upcoming Wedding” by T. D. Walker
“Silk Road” by Jennifer Crow
“Hellhound” by Tim Kahl
“Supermassive” by Robin Gow
“The Best Way I Can Explain It” by Ana C. H. Silva
“writer in residence” by Laura Theis
“Whale Dreams” by Christopher Collingwood

SMALL PRESS BOOK REVIEWS

Issue 72:  4th Quarter 2019

EDITORIAL
“What Makes an A&A Story?” by Wendy S. Delmater

FICTION
“Through the Iris” by Tyler Wells Lynch
“Antique” by Michaele Jordan
“Eclipsed Seasons” by Jamie Mason
“Mothers and Daughters” by Marta Murvosh
“The Info Coup” by W. B. J. Williams

SPECIAL HOLIDAY STORY 2019
“A Pilgrim’s Tale” by Bruno Lombardi

FLASH FICTION
“The Spider in Her Lungs” by Mary E. Lowd”

POETRY EDITORIAL
“Introduction to Abyss & Apex Poetry Issue 72” by John C. Mannone

POETRY
“Ntil” by Luigi Coppola
“Night in the Rainforest” by Kathleen S. Burgess
“This is How You’re Dealing” by Bryanna Licciardi
“The Scarecrow’s Lover” by Alexandria Baisden
“El poeta astronauta levita/The astronaut poet soars” by Carmen Lucía Alvarado (Guatemala) translated by Toshiya Kamei
“If Aliens Arrive Tonight” by R. Nikolas Macioci
“Apocalypse Swap” by Ann K. Schwader
“Scrapyards” by Alex Kashko
“Willing the Tide to Turn” by Catherine Edmunds
“The Blob at High School Reunion” by Noel Sloboda

SMALL PRESS BOOK REVIEWS
The Passing of the Pawns by J. Kathleen Cheney
Simon Says by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Draigon Weather by Paige L. Chistie

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