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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 15/11/2024

Free to read online today! ISSUE 28: HARBINGER Essay "See Ya Later" by Amy Henry Robinson apparitionlit.com/final-editorial-… @amyhenryrobinson.bsky.social

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Text in black - See Ya Later by Amy Henry Robinson
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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 14/11/2024

Free to read online today! ISSUE 28: HARBINGER Essay "The Stories I Tell Myself" by Jennifer Hudak apparitionlit.com/the-stories-i-te… @jenniferhudak.bsky.social

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Text in black - The Stories I Tell Myself by Jennifer Hudak
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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 12/11/2024

Free to read online today! ISSUE 28: HARBINGER Poem "Thank you for Your Service" by August Cao apparitionlit.com/thank-you-for-yo…

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Text in black - Thank you for Your Service by August Cao
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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 11/11/2024

Free to read online today! ISSUE 28: HARBINGER Short Story "The Pancake House at the End of the World" by L.M. Guay apparitionlit.com/the-pancake-hous… @nightgleaming.bsky.social

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Text in black - The Pancake House at the End of the World by L.M. Guay
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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 07/11/2024

Free to read online today! ISSUE 28: HARBINGER Poem "Gutted" by Cameron E Quinn apparitionlit.com/gutted @thecameronquinn.bsky.social

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Text in black - Gutted by Cameron E Quinn
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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 04/11/2024

Free to read online today! ISSUE 28: HARBINGER Short Story "Skittering Within" by Kelsea Yu apparitionlit.com/skittering-withi… @anovelescape.bsky.social

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Text in black - Skittering Within by Kelsea Yu
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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 31/10/2024

Free to read online today! ISSUE 28: HARBINGER Poem "How Did I Die This Time" by Anne Liberton apparitionlit.com/how-did-i-die-th… @anneliberton.bsky.social

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Text in black - How Did I Die This Time by Anne Liberton
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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 29/10/2024

Free to read online today! ISSUE 28: HARBINGER Poem "The Robot Malfunctions in Want of Locks and Braids" by Timi Sanni apparitionlit.com/the-robot-malfun… @timisanni.bsky.social

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Text in black - The Robot Malfunctions in Want of Locks and Braids by Timi Sanni
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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 28/10/2024

Free to read online today! ISSUE 28: HARBINGER Short Story "Estelle" by Carol Duncan apparitionlit.com/estelle/

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Text in black - Estelle by Carol Duncan
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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 26/10/2024

Stave off hunger with the October flash fiction winning story The Bread of Life from Katherine Frain free to read online today!! apparitionlit.com/bread-of-life/

Bread: the matroness had sung to us of its thick golden shell. An inverse egg, all white in the center. If it grew anywhere, it would be in one of the gray palaces." BREAD OF LIFE

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 24/10/2024

Free to read online today! ISSUE 28: HARBINGER Poem "Replacement Rainforests" by May Chong apparitionlit.com/replacement-rain… @maychong.bsky.social

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Text in black - Replacement Rainforests by May Chong
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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 21/10/2024

Free to read online today! ISSUE 28: HARBINGER Short Story "Our Last Evening in a Moon-Struck City" by Madeehah Reza apparitionlit.com/our-last-evening…

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Text in black - Our Last Evening in a Moon-Struck City by Madeehah Reza
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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 17/10/2024

Free to read online today! ISSUE 28: HARBINGER Poem "The Siren’s Song" by Marilia Angeline apparitionlit.com/the-sirens-song/

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Text in black - The Siren’s Song by Marilia Angeline
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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 15/10/2024

Issue 28: Harbinger, our final issue, is here! You can read the lovely editorial by guest editor Aurelius Raines II @aureliusr2.bsky.social online for free today at apparitionlit.com/harbinger-ed...

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 14/10/2024

Issue 28: Harbinger closes with a beautiful, bittersweet essay by co-founder and senior editor @amyhenryrobinson.bsky.social. No one worked harder, and Apparition Lit wouldn't have made it 7 years without her (literal) blood, sweat, tears, encouragement, advocacy, and passion.

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Brown text - ESSAY: SEE YA LATER" BY AMY HENRY ROBINSON.
Green text - "ISSUE 28: HARBINGER"
Red text - "MY HEART IS IN THIS DIGITAL RECORD, BLOOD AND VISCERA ENTANGLED, WITH EACH EBOOK, ONLINE POST, BESPOKE AUDIO RECORDING."
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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 12/10/2024

We couldn't be happier to have Jennifer Hudak @jenniferhudak.bsky.social as our Harbinger guest essayist. She was a part of our first issue, is now part of our last, and, whether she knows it or not, is a founding member of our little Apparition Lit community.

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Essay: The Stories I Tell Myself By Jennifer Hudak
"Sometimes, I have the sense of my life splitting into different timelines as I’m living it."
Issue 28: Harbinger Coming October 15th!
Cover Art Annalise Jensen

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 09/10/2024

Issue 28: Harbinger coming October 15th! 🧵6/6

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 09/10/2024

"On the day Lina Cheng goes into labor, the last horseshoe crab harvest begins. Her water breaks as the crabs are scooped from their coastal homes; she rides to the hospital as they’re transported to the lab." Skittering Within By Kelsea Yu. 🧵5/

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 09/10/2024

"Ma-Mère was a saltwater woman, conceived and born on the other side of the sea in Africa." Estelle By Carol Duncan 🧵4/

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 09/10/2024

"One week after Jonah kisses me on the mouth and walks into a tornado, I take my sunglasses, my trauma-bonded Happy Meal toy, and someone else’s car, and drive out of the bunker and into the unending world." The Pancake House at the End of the World By L.M. Guay 🧵3/

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 09/10/2024

"Her name was Meher-un-Nissa, the granddaughter of an astronomer, and she said the moon was falling." Our Last Evening in a Moon-Struck City By Madeehah Reza 🧵2/

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 09/10/2024

Check out this sneak peek of the ISSUE 28: HARBINGER short stories! Coming October 15th! 🧵1/ (ALT for all 6 images in thread attached to first image. Image text matches posts.)

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 08/10/2024

A portent of things to come in the (very near) future. The HARBINGER issue is almost a week away so it's time to release cover art with those who have been named as contributors. So it shall be written...

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L.M. Guay
Carol B. Duncan
Kelsea Yu
Cameron E Quinn
August Cao
Anne Liberton
Marilia Angeline
May Chong
Timi Sanni
Jennifer Hudak
Amy Henry Robinson

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 06/10/2024

ISSUE 28: HARBINGER COMING OCTOBER 15TH! 🧵 8/8

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 06/10/2024

He was meant to be precocious. What else should a mechanical body be good for other than acceleration. - THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE BY AUGUST CAO 🧵 7/

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 06/10/2024

The contents of the mermaid’s stomach are laid out, neat rows on dirty trays - GUTTED BY CAMERON E QUINN 🧵 6/

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 06/10/2024

ACROSS 1. I walk through a revolving door 2. I take the elevator 3. I change my life plans 4. I cough - HOW DID I DIE THIS TIME BY ANNE LIBERTON 🧵 5/

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 06/10/2024

That in all of my glory, I am forced to appear bald to the world—head pushing smoothly through the dry air like a missile— - THE ROBOT MALFUNCTIONS IN WANT OF LOCKS AND BRAIDS BY TIMI SANNI 🧵 4/

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 06/10/2024

Watch your new eyes, friend; mata kucing’s gift to you drips with nectar still. - REPLACEMENT RAINFORESTS BY MAY CHONG 🧵 3/

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 06/10/2024

It’s not what you hear but what you think you hear - THE SIREN’S SONG BY MARILIA ANGELINE 🧵 2/

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 06/10/2024

Here's a little peek at the 6 poems coming your way in ISSUE 28: HARBINGER! 🧵 1/

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 04/10/2024

We are so honored Angel @angelvleal.bsky.social chose to publish this piece with us! You can read LANGUAGE AS A FORM OF BREATH for free at apparitionlit.com/language-as-a-form-of-breath and support the SFPA @sfpoetry.bsky.social by purchasing their Rhysling Anthology at sfpoetry.com

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RHYSLING SHORT POEMS
@sfpapoetry
Second Place
"LANGUAGE AS A FORM OF BREATH"
ANGEL LEAL
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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 04/10/2024

CONGRATUALTIONS AGAIN TO OUR SEPTEMBER FLASH FICTION CONTEST WINNER! THE NOODLE TRUCK BY C.A. KANE @speculativekane.bsky.social

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THE NOODLE TRUCK
Shaking your head slightly, you pull open the door. You’re already here, and there have been too many nights of interrupted sleep to turn back now.
BY C.A. KANE

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 27/09/2024

Announcing the Harbinger Table of Contents for Apparition Lit's final issue!

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 07/09/2024

BIPOC writers and poets, don't self-reject! Send us your words! apparitionlit.com/submissions

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 01/09/2024

ISSUE 28 Harbinger is CLOSED to general submissions. Our extended window for BIPOC creators is OPEN until 9/7! Details at apparitionlit.com/submissions

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 31/08/2024

Free to read now: our August flash fiction Bambalouni by Timbray Shafer. Take a bite out of this tasty, mysterious morsel at our website, under Flash Fiction. apparitionlit.com/bambalouni/

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 19/08/2024

We are OPEN! ISSUE 28: HARBINGER General window: 8/15 - 8/31 BIPOC extended window: 9/1 - 9/7 Details at apparitionlit.com/submissions

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ISSUE 28: HARBINGER IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Deadline 8/31
BIPOC creators 9/7

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 16/08/2024

Our Issue 28 theme is "Harbinger," which seems a perfect, fortuitous choice now that we've decided it's our last issue. Please read on to hear all about what our readers are hoping to receive as their last rites… apparitionlit.com/what-does-harbinger-mean-to-apparition-lit

Black background. In center, a white-lined, gravestone-like rectangle with a curved top and white stars on its sides. White text inside: Apparition Lit Blog Presents / OUR FINAL EDITION / WHAT DOES HARBINGER MEAN TO APPARITION LIT? / LIVE NOW / FIND THE FULL BLOG WITH ALL THE ANSWERS AT apparitionlit.com/category/blog

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 15/08/2024

Apparition Lit is open to submissions for our FINAL Issue! Details at apparitionlit.com/submissions

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 12/08/2024

Free to read online today! "Here in the After" by Kelsea Yu @anovelescape.bsky.social apparitionlit.com/here-in-the-after You can get Issue 27: Anachronism and support Apparition Lit at apparitionlit.com/issues!

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 07/08/2024

Free to read online today! "Rosewater, Clinging to the Tongue" by Leah Ning @leahning.bsky.social apparitionlit.com/rosewater-clinging-to-the-tongue You can get Issue 27: Anachronism and support Apparition Lit at apparitionlit.com/issues!

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 05/08/2024

Free to read online today! "The Archive of Birds" by Mary Soon Lee apparitionlit.com/the-archive-of-birds You can get Issue 27: Anachronism and support Apparition Lit at apparitionlit.com/issues!

White text "Free to read online!" on black stripe at top. White text "ISSUE 27: ANACHRONISM" on black stripe at bottom. Black text "THE ARCHIVE OF BIRDS Mary Soon Lee" on light peach stripe in middle. Thin black border. Background is a zoomed-in crop of cover art by Annalise Jensen (close-up sections of green plants, purple and rose gold wallpaper, and figures' grey and purple clothing).

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 05/08/2024

Excited to announce that the fabulous @aureliusr2.bsky.social has agreed to be the Guest Editor for our upcoming (and final) issue!! We'll open for submissions August 15th, so polish up those soothsayer tales and send them in for Aurelius to read!! apparitionlit.com/submissions/

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 01/08/2024

Free to read online today! "Melting Point" by Cass Wilkinson Saldaña @mxcatnap.bsky.social apparitionlit.com/melting-point You can get Issue 27: Anachronism and support Apparition Lit at apparitionlit.com/issues!

White text "Free to read online!" on black stripe at top. White text "ISSUE 27: ANACHRONISM" on black stripe at bottom. Black text "MELTING POINT Cass Wilkinson Saldaña" on light green stripe in middle. Thin black border. Background is a zoomed-in crop of cover art by Annalise Jensen (close-up sections of green plants, purple and rose gold wallpaper, and figures' grey and purple clothing).

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 29/07/2024

Free to read online today! "For Poppy" by Asa Delaney @unlikelyasa.bsky.social apparitionlit.com/for-poppy You can get Issue 27: Anachronism and support Apparition Lit at apparitionlit.com/issues!

White text "Free to read online!" on black stripe at top. White text "ISSUE 27: ANACHRONISM" on black stripe at bottom. Black text "FOR POPPY Asa Delaney" on light blue stripe in middle. Thin black border. Background is a zoomed-in crop of cover art by Annalise Jensen (close-up sections of green plants, purple and rose gold wallpaper, and figures' grey and purple clothing).

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 25/07/2024

Free to read online today! "Like a Fly Clasped in a Hand" by Nadav Schul-Kutas apparitionlit.com/like-a-fly-clasped-in-a-hand You can get Issue 27: Anachronism and support Apparition Lit at apparitionlit.com/issues!

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 23/07/2024

🧵 1/ Congratulations to Rasha Abdulhati & Tania Chen @archistratego.bsky.social & all the Ignyte @theignyteawards.bsky.social finalists! & thank you to FIYAH @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social for recognizing our contributors & their amazing work. ❤️ Links to Rasha's poem & Tania's essay below!

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Apparition Literary Magazine @handle.invalid · 22/07/2024

Free to read online today! "Experiencing Grief Amidst Aliens" by Ayòdéjì Israel apparitionlit.com/experiencing-grief-amidst-aliens You can get Issue 27: Anachronism and support Apparition Lit at apparitionlit.com/issues!

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