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Reckoning: A Chorus, Divergent
“Neurodivergent folks live with differences and difficulties that shouldn’t be dismissed, but likewise, with determination and daring that cannot be disregarded.... We have been doing, all along, the very things we continue to be told we can’t.”
—C.G. Aubrey, Editor
A special issue featuring reprints by neurodivergent creators from Reckoning’s first decade.
Essays, poetry, fiction, and art by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe, E.C. Barrett, Kaye Boesme, Offor Chidera, Jacob Coffin, Kelsey Day, Tania Fordwalker, Abbie Goldberg, A.P. Golub, Ruth Joffre, Taylor Jones, Laura McKnight, Kat Murray, Micah Nemerever, Mari Ness, Ellis Nye, Maria S. Picone, T.K. Rex, Ariadne Starling, and Adam Stemple, with new cover artwork by Abi Stevens.
Ebook October 1, 2025
978-1-955360-17-3
156 pages; 38,000 words.
Contents
Neurodiversity Moth —Art — Abi Stevens
Editorial — Essay — C.G. Aubrey
The World Ended in Ice — Poetry — Adam Stemple
After Erysichthon — Poetry — Kaye Boesme
Before Times Shells & Gifts — Fiction— Laura McKnight
The Last Great Repair Tech of the American Midwest — Fiction — Ellis Nye
P-T — Poetry — Micah Nemerever
A Taxonomy of Extinct and Extant Birds of the Twenty-First Century —Fiction — A.P. Golub
That Time My Grandfather Got Lost in the Translations of the Word ‘Death’ — Poetry — Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe
50% off Venus Fly Traps — Poetry — Kelsey Day
Green Leaves Against the Wind —Poetry — Mari Ness
Possession — Fiction — Taylor Jones
Ocean Vengeance — Poetry — Maria S. Picone
The Blackthorn Door — Fiction — Tania Fordwalker
The Government Will Pay for Your Funeral — Poetry — Offor Chidera
The X That Means Both Death and Hope — Essay — Ariadne Starling
Fixing the System in Tilt Town —Fiction — Kat Murray
Repurposed Parking Garage — Art — Jacob Coffin
Icediver — Fiction — Ruth Joffre
SQUAWKER AND DOLPHIN SWIMMING TOGETHER — Fiction — T.K. Rex
Swimming Whole — Fiction — E.C. Barrett
How to Get Away with Chaining Myself to my Friends in Front of Heavy Duty Machinery — Essay — Abbie Goldberg
Bonus Content — C.G. Aubrey
—C.G. Aubrey, Editor
A special issue featuring reprints by neurodivergent creators from Reckoning’s first decade.
Essays, poetry, fiction, and art by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe, E.C. Barrett, Kaye Boesme, Offor Chidera, Jacob Coffin, Kelsey Day, Tania Fordwalker, Abbie Goldberg, A.P. Golub, Ruth Joffre, Taylor Jones, Laura McKnight, Kat Murray, Micah Nemerever, Mari Ness, Ellis Nye, Maria S. Picone, T.K. Rex, Ariadne Starling, and Adam Stemple, with new cover artwork by Abi Stevens.
Ebook October 1, 2025
978-1-955360-17-3
156 pages; 38,000 words.
Contents
Neurodiversity Moth —Art — Abi Stevens
Editorial — Essay — C.G. Aubrey
The World Ended in Ice — Poetry — Adam Stemple
After Erysichthon — Poetry — Kaye Boesme
Before Times Shells & Gifts — Fiction— Laura McKnight
The Last Great Repair Tech of the American Midwest — Fiction — Ellis Nye
P-T — Poetry — Micah Nemerever
A Taxonomy of Extinct and Extant Birds of the Twenty-First Century —Fiction — A.P. Golub
That Time My Grandfather Got Lost in the Translations of the Word ‘Death’ — Poetry — Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe
50% off Venus Fly Traps — Poetry — Kelsey Day
Green Leaves Against the Wind —Poetry — Mari Ness
Possession — Fiction — Taylor Jones
Ocean Vengeance — Poetry — Maria S. Picone
The Blackthorn Door — Fiction — Tania Fordwalker
The Government Will Pay for Your Funeral — Poetry — Offor Chidera
The X That Means Both Death and Hope — Essay — Ariadne Starling
Fixing the System in Tilt Town —Fiction — Kat Murray
Repurposed Parking Garage — Art — Jacob Coffin
Icediver — Fiction — Ruth Joffre
SQUAWKER AND DOLPHIN SWIMMING TOGETHER — Fiction — T.K. Rex
Swimming Whole — Fiction — E.C. Barrett
How to Get Away with Chaining Myself to my Friends in Front of Heavy Duty Machinery — Essay — Abbie Goldberg
Bonus Content — C.G. Aubrey
176 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 28, 2025
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February 21, 2026
crazy how you actually finish books when you sit down and read them.
favorites:
“P-T” by Micah Nemerever
“The Blackthorn Door” by Tania Fordwalker
“The Government Will Pay For Your Funeral” by Offor Chidera
“SQUAWKER AND DOLPHIN SWIMMING TOGETHER” by T.K. Rex
favorites:
“P-T” by Micah Nemerever
“The Blackthorn Door” by Tania Fordwalker
“The Government Will Pay For Your Funeral” by Offor Chidera
“SQUAWKER AND DOLPHIN SWIMMING TOGETHER” by T.K. Rex
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