Category Archives: Editorial

  Into The Deep Beyond Carmelo Rafala   I have been an avid follower of the Voyager spacecrafts since they were first launched in 1977. It was the middle of a new age of robotic missions to the planets of … Continue reading →

Story Still Matters   A Brief Look At Why Summer Blockbuster SF Writers Need To Go Back To Basic Writing 101 Class by Carmelo Rafala, Managing Editor   When I was a teenager we all looked forward to the arrival … Continue reading →

Satisfying Curiosity Carmelo Rafala Sometimes things take a surprising turn and fiction starts to look like fact. NASA’s Curiosity rover has made some of the most startling discoveries of any probe to land upon the Red Planet…. Wait, let me … Continue reading →

 Note: Carmelo Rafala grew up in Connecticut, USA, near Sandy Hook. The Looking Glass In any new circumstance there is a moment of reflection . . . As the new Managing Editor of Abyss and Apex I was going to … Continue reading →

Writing About the Next Industrial Revolution First it was Star Trek’s communicators, which anyone can see are analogous to cell phones. I mean, really Jim. Is that thing by Motorola or Samsung? And look what cell phones did to the … Continue reading →