Apparition Lit, Issue 9: Experimentation

by Tacoma Tomilson, Kim Myatt (Illustrator), E.A. Petricone

Welcome to the latest issue of Apparition Lit. This quarter’s theme was Experimentation. We offer you these four stories and two poems that delve into experimentation in ways that are as unique as individual strands of DNA. SHORT FICTION *One Song Ending by E.A. Petricone *Passavanti's Fantasima by Julia August *The Redoubtables by Premee Mohamed *You Can Check Out Any Time You Like by Rhonda Eikamp POETRY *At the Bleeding Edge by Lisa Timpf *Motes and Morsels by Dawn Vogel INTERVIEW *Artist Interview with Kim Myatt ESSAY *I’ll Try Anything Zero to Four Times by Clarke Doty Apparition Lit is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine that features short stories and poetry. We publish original content with enough emotional heft to break a heart, with prose that’s as clear and delicious as broth. New issues will be published each January, April, July, and October.

94 pages, Paperback

Published August 16, 2023

Reviews

[Netanella · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this for E.A. Petricone's "One Song Ending," as I became a fan of the author after her short "We, the Girls Who Did Not Make It" appeared in Nightmare Magazine a while back. She writes dark, she writes horror, she writes strange, and she does it with heart.

This short was no exception, as the story involved the caretaker of lab rats, and his young niece who's dying of cancer. Tough situation all around, for the rats and for young Sophia. Solid piece, if a little melancholy.