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Category Archives: Editorial
Introduction to Issue 87 [3Q2023] Poetry
Introduction to Issue 87 [3Q2023] Poetry First, 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. [Though I … Continue reading
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Editorial: A&A and AI
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
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Training the Next Generation of Storytellers
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
A&A reviews Einstein in the Attic
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
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EDITORIAL: “A Retreat Into Fantasy”
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
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Introduction to Issue 85 with Seasonal Poem
Introduction to Issue 85 with Seasonal Poem Congratulations to the Pushcart nominees in Poetry for 2022 shown in order of appearance [I am delighted with all the poems published in Abyss & Apex, they are meritorious of recognition. Only the … Continue reading
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Editorial: Reach
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
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Dieselpunk and Peak Resources
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
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Process & Guidelines
From the Poetry Editor’s Desk: Process & Guidelines A note for everyone to please follow the guidelines, which will greatly reduce my workload. More than half of the short-listed through accepted poets did not! My editorial process is this: I … Continue reading
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Let’s Trade in Obs
At the 2015 Worldcon, I attended a panel on worldbuilding that covered the aspects of making sure your fictional world’s monetary system made sense. Everything from the historical way a feudal system worked to barter to gold-based (or some other … Continue reading
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