Abyss & Apex, #61
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
January 2017
Abyss & Apex Publishing
Webzine
Notes:
• Essays 'The Boredom of the Shocking' by Wendy S. Delmater, 'Introduction to Issue 61 Poetry' by John C. Mannone.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
Fiction: Sean Patrick Hazlett, We Hit Back // Angus McIntyre, Blind Perseus // Pauline J. Alama, Human Child //
M. E. Owen, Soup Kitchen // Katherine Toran, Angel Maker // Michael Nethercott, Harbor Mist
Poetry: John C. Mannone, Ursa Major // Jennifer Crow, The Volume of the Universe // Todd Dillard, Kissing the
Invisible Man // Ken Poyner, Maintenance Call // Katharyn Howd Machan, Ask for Rabbit // Yilin Wang, Straw
Man // Tanner S. Abernathy, Deer Headed Kings
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Abyss & Apex, #51
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
July 2014
Abyss & Apex Publishing
Webzine
Notes:
• Guest editorial 'To Russia, With Apologies' by Jamie Mason, 'Introduction to Poetry in July 2014 Issue' by John C.
Mannone.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
Fiction: Rachel Acks, Asleep in Zandalar // Sarah Hendrix, The Coin Whisperer // Fraser Sherman, Affairs of
Honor // Lindsey Duncan, Hunting Fire // Mark Cole, Glitch // Nathaniel Williams, Have You Seen Lucky?
Poetry: Gina Marie Bernard, Medusa's Garden: A Vampire's Lament // Corey Klinzing, Bravura // Yilin Wang,
Oblivion // Maura Lydon, Smoke and Mirrors // Alison McBain, Undone // Douglas Luman, Star/Formation
Editors (alphabetically listed): Elizabeth Bear | Carol Burrell | Wendy S. Delmater | Carmelo Rafala
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Abyss & Apex, #52
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
October 2014
Abyss & Apex Publishing
Webzine
Notes:
• Essay 'Introduction to Abyss & Apex Poetry, October 2014' by John C. Mannone.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
Fiction: Larry Hodges, Redcoats // James K. Isaac, The Fifer of Moments // Rati Mehrotra, Hatyasin // Rich
Larson, Capricorn // John C. Wright, Esq., Idle Thoughts // Greg Forshaw, Mimosa // Fran Wilde, Welcome
Briefing At The Obayashi-Ragan Youth Hostel
Poetry: Heather M. Browne, Dust of Creation // Ralph Monday, Supernova Sunday // E. Kristin Anderson, At that
age when we girls become fairies // Lynette Mejía, Elegia Nam Homines // Joshua Gage, Rehabilitation // Kristin
E. Anderson, Pareidolia
Abyss & Apex, #59
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
July 2016
Abyss & Apex Publishing
Webzine
Notes:
• Essays 'Flash!' by Wendy S. Delmater, 'Introduction to Poetry in Issue 59' by John C. Mannone.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
• 'Entreaty to the Thunderous' is based on Hexagram 51 of the Chinese Book of Changes.
Fiction: Douglas J. Lane, The Golem-Maker of Buchenwald // Cat Rambo, Bud Sparhawk, Haunted // Alter S.
Reiss, Sweeter Than Honey, Clear as a Mountain Spring // David Shieh, Granddaddy's Mermaid // Emil Terziev,
Somethingness // Lee Budar-Danoff, A Patch of Dirt in Paradise
Poetry: Mercedes Webb-Pullman, Death of a Flower // Eric Baron, Old Wine // Sara Norja, After Selling Your Soul
to the Trickster God // Kendall Evans, The Chinese Pirate Ching Shih Plays Go with a Hooded Opponent // Anna
Cates, Zen // David Arroyo, Captain Volta // Brenda Cooper, Visitors // Brenda Cooper, Extinction // M. C.
Abyss & Apex, #60
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
October 2016
Abyss & Apex Publishing
Webzine
Notes:
• Essays 'Selling the Dream' by Wendy S. Delmater, 'Introduction to Poetry in Issue 60' by John C. Mannone.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
• 'The Squeaky Hamburger' is a non-genre "Special Christmas Story".
• 'The Farm Girl and the Kitsune' is set in Japan.
Fiction: uncredited, The Squeaky Hamburger // Wole Talabi, I, Shigidi // Sunny Chan, Not Always a Coastal
Species // Amy Sisson, Study. Learn. Know. // Patrick J. Hurley, The Farmgirl and the Kitsune // Stewart C. Baker,
The Plumes of Enceladus // Jason Mullins, Satellite Technician
Poetry: Justin Holliday, No Panic // Sara Cordova, Trading Disguise // Catherine Moore, Déjà Voyage // Chloe N.
Clark, The Detective, Years After // Sara Backer, Moon Flu // Stuart Greenhouse, Two Androids, Learning to Be
Human, Visit the Water Star // Charles Von Nordheim, Cataclysm Days: A Dispatch from the Interior Highlands //
Patrick Doerksen, Revelries
Abyss & Apex, #62
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
April 2017
Abyss & Apex Publishing
Webzine
Notes:
• Essays 'Live-Blogging Albacon 2017' by Wendy S. Delmater, 'Introduction to Issue 62 Poetry' by John C. Mannone.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
Fiction: Ryan Row, All the Grace Was in the Fire // S. L. Harris, The Vengeance of Curion // James Van Pelt, The
Golden Daffodils // Mike Barretta, Ground Support // Devan Barlow, Of Squid and Schism // Stephanie Lorée,
The Witch & the Gods' War
Poetry: Ann Thornfield-Long, Poisoned Apple // Jennifer Crow, A Darker Heaven // Holly Lyn Walrath, Spring Will
Come Again // Chengyu Liu, A Floral Hypocrite // Vince Gotera, Dark Matter // M. X. Kelly, elysian seas
Abyss & Apex, #63
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
July 2017
Abyss & Apex Publishing
Webzine
Notes:
• Essays 'One "Rule" to Rule Them All' by Dario Ciriello, 'Introduction to Poetry in Issue 63' by John C. Mannone.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
Fiction: Nicole Lungerhausen, Urgent: Lost Bekip // Jon Rollins, Another // Janet K. Nicolson, Against the Grain
// Brenda Kalt, Egg Lilies // Rich Larson, Spiked // Adam Vine, Go Outside // Jordan Taylor, The Girl in the
Shrine on Mount Osore
Poetry: Rebecca Buchanan, The Woods in the Wind // Davian Aw, Rainfall // Megan Branning, After // Sharon
Mishler Fox, Church of the Apocalypse // Sarah Shirley, Rust // Marge Simon, Martha X // Tamara L. Panici,
Hybrid Identities // Deborah L. Davitt, Garden Planet // Ken Poyner, First Landing // Vince Gotera, Fantasia
Abyss & Apex, #66
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
April 2018
Abyss & Apex Publishing
Webzine
Notes:
• Essays 'Celebrating Story' by Wendy S. Delmater, 'Introduction to Poetry Issue 66' by John C. Mannone.
• 'The Song of Unknown Night' translated by Yuanbing Zhang.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
Fiction: Chadwick Ginther, All and Nothing // Randall Andrews, Roadmaster // Cae Hawksmoor, Barleycorn //
Walter Dinjos, Middle of Nowhere // Marc A. Criley, The Consequential Effects of Practiced Penmanship // William
Campbell Powell, The Long Way // Elliotte Rusty Harold, What Does a Time Machine Cost?
Poetry: Hongri Yuan, The Song of Unknown Night // Jason Marc Harris, To Watch the World Burn // Genevieve
DeGuzman, Rebellion // Ann K. Schwader, A City Built on Bones // Rebecca Buchanan, Oak, Ash, and Crow //
WC Roberts, The Honored // Gabriel Ertsgaard, Paul Bunyan and the Whirlwind Mountain // Brittany Hause, La
Belle a la Bête // Hilary Biehl, Tea Leaves // Sheikha A., Zojaj
Abyss & Apex, #67
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
July 2018
Abyss & Apex Publishing
Webzine
Notes:
• Essays 'Twists vs. Reveals' by Wendy S. Delmater.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
Fiction: Cheryl Barkauskas, Crossover Point // Tom D. Wright, Call Me Fang // Michèle Laframboise, Ice Monarch
// John M. Olsen, Charity's Gift // Yaasha Moriah, The Finder // Pauline Yates, Replica
Poetry: Linda Claborn Clarke, The Seeders // Brittany Hause, The Martian Chronicles the Earth Men // Deborah
Davitt, This Sacred Earth // Logan Thrasher Collins, Neuraweb // Erin K. Wagner, Upon Living One's Whole Life in
the Wilderness // Gretchen Tessmer, Dread-Sorrow and the Origami Girl // Kelly Hanwright, Valentine // Noel
Sloboda, The Mummy Matriculates
Abyss & Apex, #68
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
October 2018
Abyss & Apex Publishing
webzine
Notes:
• Essays 'Requiem for a Self-Published Novel' by Wendy S. Delmater, 'Introduction to Poetry, Issue 68' by John C.
Mannone.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
Fiction: Deborah L. Davitt, Mustering Out // Sarina Dorie, The Ministry of Lost Buttons // Kate MacLeod, Tumbling
Up // M. Keaton, Calx in Rime // Mark English, Mirror, Mirror // Salinda Tyson, Sister Snow // Bonnie Randall, I'll
Be Home For Christmas
Poetry: Katherine Inskip, Fortune favors the cold // Ann K. Schwader, In SETI Silence // Frank Coffman,
Daydream // Christina Sng, Mission to Mercury // Clay F. Johnson, Frozen Starlight // Maya Chhabra, the siege
inside // Ann Thornfield-Long, Gravity
Abyss & Apex, #69
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
January 2019
Abyss & Apex Publishing
Webzine
Notes:
• Essays 'Annd... They're Gone' by Wendy S. Delmater, 'Introduction to Abyss & Apex Poetry Issue 69' by John C.
Mannone.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
Fiction: Marc Singer, Projections Do Not Guarantee Future Returns // Brandon Crilly, Exactly What You Need //
Emily McCosh, Along the Road to Giants // Wayne Martin, Adrift // Joy Kennedy-O'Neill, The Roots That Roam //
M. E. Garber, Cold Currents
Poetry: John C. Mannone, Reincarnation // Nicole Melchionda, The Bone Palace // Ann K. Schwader, My Father
Hears the Aliens // Rob Griffith, Entanglement // Nate Maxson, Sublimation // Mark Budman, MOAB // Mary
Soon Lee, How to Seduce Apophis // Kira Lovell, Artemis 11 // Lauren McBride, How You Kept Saving My Life //
Tanner Abernathy, Amathomancer's Charge
Abyss & Apex, #70
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
April 2019
Abyss & Apex Publishing
webzine
Notes:
• Essays 'Rejectomancy Revisited' by Wendy S. Delmater, 'Introduction to Issue 70 Poetry' by John C. Mannone.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
Fiction: Nadia Afifi, Exhibit K // Tamoha Sengupta, The Birds That Flew in Wartime // R. S. Alexander, A Missed
Diversion // David F. Shultz, Ars Poetica // Gregg Chamberlain, Sibling Squabbles // Grayson Bray Morris, The
Gifted Sommelier
Poetry: Gretchen Tessmer, The Right Hand of Starlight // Tristan Beiter, Mother of Cacti // Cyn Kitchen, Through
the Tattoo Needle of My Mind // Jake Sheff, A Confluence of Maple, a Resurgence of History // Isaac E. Payne, The
American Drive-Through Revisited // Gregory Kimbrell, Poison Fruit // Kathleen S. Burgess, According to Lonely
Planet
Abyss & Apex, #72
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
October 2019
Abyss & Apex Publishing
Webzine
Notes:
• Essays 'What Makes an A&A Story?' by Wendy S. Delmater, 'Introduction to Abyss & Apex Poetry Issue 72' by John
C. Mannone.
• 'The Info Coup' is set in Turkey, an excerpt from The Hacker of Guantanamo Bay.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
Fiction: Tyler Wells Lynch, Through the Iris // Michaele Jordan, Antique // Jamie Mason, Eclipsed Seasons //
Marta Murvosh, Mothers and Daughters // W. B. J. Williams, The Info Coup // Mary E. Lowd, The Spider in Her
Lungs // Bruno Lombardi, A Pilgrim's Tale
Poetry: Luigi Coppola, Ntil // Kathleen S. Burgess, Night in the Rainforest // Bryanna Licciardi, This is How You're
Dealing // Alexandria Baisden, The Scarecrow's Lover // Carmen Lucía Alvarado, The Astronaut Poet Soars [ also
in Spanish ] // R. Nikolas Macioci, If Aliens Arrive Tonight // Ann K. Schwader, Apocalypse Swap // Alex Kashko,
Scrapyards // Catherine Edmunds, Willing the Tide to Turn // Noel Sloboda, The Blob at High School Reunion
Abyss & Apex, #75
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
July 2020
Abyss & Apex Publishing
Webzine
Notes:
• Essays 'Couped Up' by Wendy S. Delmater, 'Introduction to Abyss & Apex Poetry Issue 75' by John C. Mannone.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
Fiction: Heather Pagano, The Bringer's Duty // Gunnar De Winter, Relic // Jonathan Miller, Bryan Thomas
Schmidt, The Coming End // Jeff Soesbe, Scales and Fire // Desmond Warzel, Future Imperfect // Izzy
Wasserstein, Five Reasons for the Sign Above Her Door, One of Them Unspoken
Poetry: Anne Carly Abad, And It Was Bad // Noel Sloboda, Old Playfellow // Maria Zoccola, three days on battey
street // Helga Kidder, After the War // Jacqueline West, Runaway // Tiffany Morris, Surfacing // Lauren
McBride, A Planet's Complaint // Cat Dixon, The Distance // Ken Poyner, First Contact
Abyss & Apex, #77
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
January 2021
Abyss & Apex Publishing
Webzine
Notes:
• Essays 'Surrogates' by Wendy S. Delmater, 'Introduction to Poetry Issue 77' by John C. Mannone.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
Fiction: Gerri Leen, Hellhound, Housebroken // A. W. Marshall, Melton's Jam // R. Y. Brockway, Three Hundred
and Sixty-Four Hand-Tied Knots // Marc A. Criley, The Golden Rays of the Morning Sun // Michael Stevens,
Control State // Jennifer Lee Rossman, Tell Me Half a Story
Poetry: John C. Mannone, Space Mission // Stephanie Yue Duhem, After the Singularity, the Programmer Goes for
a Walk // Lisa Creech Bledsoe, Web Breaker // Oliver Smith, Apnea // Elizabeth J. Coleman, Blue Planet, 1990
// Nikoline Kaiser, Nykken // Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios, The Wound Beautiful // Babo Kamel, One day, they
say I will fly. But not today // RK Rugg, The Beasts Are Gods // Louis B. Rosenberg, Tweetstorm
Abyss & Apex, #74
Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
April 2020
Abyss & Apex Publishing
Webzine
Notes:
• Essays 'Online This Time' by Wendy S. Delmater, 'Introduction to Poetry Issue 74' by John C. Mannone.
• Only fiction and poetry are listed here.
Fiction: K. D. Julicher, The Eyes of Hemshat // D. A. D'Amico, A Life on Air // Alicia Power, Like Vines // Robert
Bagnall, May Nothing But Happiness Come Through Your Door // Laura O'Brien, A Greater Good // Patrick Hurley,
Sunset Coda
Poetry: Tristan Beiter, The Wood Became Birds // Kevin Denelsbeck, Three Bad Dreams // Deborah L. Davitt, In
Pluto's Embrace // Dawn Vogel, To the Underworld // Christina Sng, Diamond Dust // Stephanie Smith, Prisms //
Misha Penton, Under the Boards // Marc Ruvolo, Cargo Cult
