Fiction | Abyss & Apex

Through the Iris

“Through the Iris”

by Tyler Wells Lynch

He’s trying to pull a fast one on us. They always do this. They […]

‘The Info Coup”

by W. B. J. Williams

The night air was cool as I stepped onto the tarmac. A long dark […]

“Mothers and Daughters”

by Marta Murvosh

My mother struggles against the white padded straps. Tying her to the bed is the only […]

“Eclipsed Seasons”

by Jamie Mason

I left part of myself back in the war.

We have all lost ourselves at one time […]

“Antique”

by Michaele Jordan

It started with her best friend’s father. Elsa had never liked him—been a little afraid of him, really. […]

“Homecoming”

by Elyse Kallen

“Charley.” A lilting, feminine voice calls out from behind me, and it takes every ounce of self-control not […]

by Sean Patrick Hazlett

I’ll bet dollars to donuts this guy, whose broken and bloated body was nailed […]

“A Study in Pink and Gold”

by Richard Ford Burley

He sits on the roof and takes another bite of bland, […]

by Calder Hutchinson

Slowly, I fold the paper. A forty-two degree offset from the right side, continuing to […]

“A Missed Diversion” by R. S. Alexander

Derek Waterstone sat in a darkened isolation pod. He could have set the wallsplays to give […]