Category Archives: Editorial

As a reminder first cited in the previous issue, please note that simultaneous submissions for poetry are no longer accepted since responses to poets with acceptances are completed before the end of the month after closure of the submission window. … Continue reading →

“On Coffee, Writing, and Editing” Two of the selections in this edition of Abyss & Apex have to do with coffee: the extremely-long-titled “The Best Barista in a Time of Spiders Who are Addicted to the Rush of Caffeine” and … Continue reading →

AI. The struggle of humans coming to grips with such a disruptive and transformational technology is very real and will define our time. Have you already noticed that your spell checker and grammar checker–both online and in programs like MS … Continue reading →

Coming soon to a convention (hopefully) near you! My Writing the Entertaining Story workshop. I love helping authors to get across the story in their heads, to connect with  audiences and readers. It’s an extension of what we do here … Continue reading →

Einstein in the Attic (Solstice Publishing ) by Dana Dargos and Said Al Bizri I was captivated by this book. It starts in media res with a young Lebanese schoolboy, Adam Remmi, witnessing one of the atrocities of war right … Continue reading →

At the end of the year we all seem to reflect on what’s gone on before. One of the things I do is look at our statistics for Abyss & Apex readers. The information helps me find things you all … Continue reading →

Last year there was some talk about changing one of the qualifications for an SFWA pro market to a publication’s “reach”. That hasn’t happened yet, and unless people are donors in much higher dollar amounts so we can pay pro … Continue reading →

Back in 2012 I wrote an A&A editorial titled “Steampunk and Peak Resources.” Much of it still resonates. For example, $10-a-gallon doen’t seem so far fetched nowadays, does it? A flight simulator for a modern, real-life, dieselpunk airship. (photo credit: … Continue reading →