Welcome to the sixth issue of Apparition Lit! As the sixth issue of our magazine, our theme was Ambition. We wanted stories where people reached further and wanted more. Ambition can be a high-stakes corporate merger for honour and glory, other times it can be a smaller, more personal, goal. EDITORIAL *A Word from Our Editor by Amy Henry Robinson SHORT FICTION *Hermes VII by Donna J. W. Munro *Sasha's Pattern, Sonia's Edge by Katherine Quevedo *Juliet Silver and the Sea of Prosperity by Wendy Nikel *e-Lon 4 Breaks a Mirror by Aurelius Raines II POETRY *Naiad by Cameryn Araduke *The Muse Does Not Give a Fuck about Your Personal Safety by Jennifer Crow REPRINT *The Last by Premee Mohamed INTERVIEW *Artist Interview with Erion Makuo ESSAY *It’s Cute How Hard You Carol Danvers and Ambition by Tacoma Tomilson 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, October.