Author Archives: Editor

But this could never be like Kansas

M.C. Childs But this could never be like Kansas    An Em and Almira Gulch Found poem and Pantoum for 23 years, I’ve been dying to tell you what I thought of you and here you are and now, well, being … Continue reading

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Noctalgic

Ann K. Schwader Noctalgic We are so many & so bright that we have wiped the stars away, surrendering our astral sight to blindness of encroaching day. That we have wiped the stars away impoverished us. Those myths now lost … Continue reading

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Going Native

F. J. Bergmann Going Native no lifeforms here just these rocks that move in the night hailing the mothership: we wait for the indigenes to evolve laser capabilities adopting native costume to wow the folks back home … it won’t come … Continue reading

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Introduction to Issue 90 from the Poetry Editor’s Desk by John C. Mannone

Introduction to Issue 90 from the Poetry Editor’s Desk Please enjoy these endeared poets from around the world who bring you some well-done form poems (two different kinds of Pantoums and a subverted Haibun), a concrete or shape poem, as … Continue reading

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The Inner Landscape by Wendy S. Delmater

The Inner Landscape The abyss and the apex of human emotions is what Abyss & Apex Magazine is all about. In this edition you will find the laconic and laid-back humor of Maine residents, a far-too-hesitant and timid PhD researcher … Continue reading

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A&A reviews The Wan by Bo Balder

The Wan (Pink Narcissus Press) by Bo Balder And now for something completely different… ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Wan: sentient alien mushrooms and their interactions with a human colony that their world is slowly rejecting like a … Continue reading

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A&A reviews Lost Cargo by P.A. Cornell

Lost Cargo by P.A. Cornell (Mocha Memoirs Press) Lost Cargo is a novella—and is a decent book. Good characters, good plot, good setting. If you want something pleasant to help fill up your eReader, this will fit the bill. Parker … Continue reading

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Thirty Heartbeats

“Thirty Heartbeats” by Roxana Arama When Diegis got his hands on his mom’s magic mirror, they were shaking. He wasn’t allowed in her workshop alone, but she’d gone to the village to see a patient, and Diegis wanted to know … Continue reading

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The Frost Giants of Maine

“The Frost Giants of Maine” by Jeff Reynolds Someone should have told George Simpson it was a mistake to purchase a property in Maine in autumn after the frost giants had left, migrating north to their winter homes. But the … Continue reading

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Shoes for Little Sap

“Shoes for Little Sap” by Evan A Davis The owl was the first thing I saw when I woke up. She must have been watching me sleep, because she was looking at me too. She didn’t stir, just calmly picked … Continue reading

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