Search A&A
Sign up for our newsletter!
To subscribe to our newsletter, Send us an email with the subject "SUBSCRIPTION" in the subject line.
The address is abyssandapex@gmail.comCategories
Author Archives: Editor
Blackpowder Demon
Blackpowder Demon by K. D. Julicher The evening breeze kept Miya’s nostrils free of the acrid stench of burned demon-flesh as she sliced into the fresh carcass. The gutted monster hung on a rack outside of Lord Eronall’s hunting camp. … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction
Leave a comment
A&A reviews The Serpents of Eden
The Serpents of Eden (Running Wild Press) by R.W. Goldsmith Artist Clay Middleton lives in a very tiny town in the Southwest USA. After years of living as an eccentric recluse he’s suddenly caring for his grandson, Dylan. Dylan’s dad … Continue reading
Posted in Small Press Book Reviews
Leave a comment
A&A reviews NINE LEVELS by Elana Gomel
Nine Levels (Mirror World Publishing) by Elana Gomel Cleo wakes up, groggy and salt-encrusted, on a Mediterranean beach in Greece after a midnight party. She’s a British-Greek tourist, but slowly realizes she’s not actually in Greece any longer. Or at … Continue reading
Posted in Small Press Book Reviews
Leave a comment
A&A Reviews UNICORN VISIONS by Jo Boone
Unicorn Visions by Jo Boone Unicorn Visions, a collection by Jo Boone, tells me that Boone is one of those authors who can write in both the short and long form—short stories as well as novels—with equal ease. Each of … Continue reading
Posted in Small Press Book Reviews
Leave a comment
Re Extinction
Ann K. Schwader Re Extinction The mastodons were bad enough. Who thought revisiting the Late Anthropocene would be a good idea? We forgot how long it took to get the planet clean last time, perhaps. But female apes survived, & … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Leave a comment
Hooded
Katharyn Howd Machan Hooded What bird will you be when you are reborn? …………I will be a Roman crow. What song will you sing each holy night? …………No song. I will allow no music. What feather will you drop when … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Leave a comment
The Virgin of Thorns
Fendy S. Tulodo The Virgin of Thorns There’s a town that moved five inches left each year. It’s not on any maps anymore. They say its clock tower is ticking backward, and the mayor is three children in a coat. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Leave a comment
Relapse
Lisa Kamolnick Relapse You hover; smile like starshine alongside the inviting aroma of basil and tomatoes, when you take a turn in our tiny kitchen and lose your way.…..How strange ……to become disoriented in such a familiar place. A glitch … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
2 Comments
Futures Like Foreplay
Hannan Khan Futures Like Foreplay we were vowed hoverboards, sexless chromes & cities that sailed above consequences; instead, i poise in a field of sunflowers, their hefty heads craning not for luster but for the low purr of surveillance of … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Leave a comment
Aftermath
Kimberly Becker Aftermath I didn’t want to look, because seeing what will be is harder to anticipate than living into misfortune blindly, like the rest But I could not resist the lure of power (few can) and so I looked … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Leave a comment