Magazine. Fiction. Dedicated entirely to long fiction, the fifth issue of APT features stories that employ a long scope and wide lens. Immersive and full, here are five works that cannot and will not be condensed. Look to these stories for intricacy, breadth, and an all-encompassing narrative view. Featuring work by Colleen Cable, Elizabeth Chandler, Kendra Fortmeyer, William Hillyard, and Matt Jones.
Carissa Halston is a fiction writer. Her award-winning stories have appeared in The Massachusetts Review, Fourteen Hills, Willow Springs, and elsewhere. She currently lives in Boston where she runs a small press called Aforementioned, edits a literary journal called apt, and is currently at work on a novel.