Apparition Literary Magazine

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Apparition Lit is an online, quarterly magazine publishing genre short stories & poems. 💀 Read stories online or buy Issues: http://apparitionlit.com/issues/

Paper-white background with red lines on all 4 sides of square image (from cover art by Annalise Jensen) Text in black - See Ya Later by Amy Henry Robinson Text in brown - ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Blue-grey background with red lines on all 4 sides of square image (from cover art by Annalise Jensen) Text in black - The Stories I Tell Myself by Jennifer Hudak Text in brown - ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Pale brown background with a large brown vulture on left (from cover art by Annalise Jensen). Text in black - Thank you for Your Service by August Cao Text in brown - ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Pale blue background with concave swirl of white snow (from cover art by Annalise Jensen). Text in black - The Pancake House at the End of the World by L.M. Guay Text in brown - ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Pale pink background with a yellow flower (from cover art by Annalise Jensen). Text in black - Gutted by Cameron E Quinn Text in brown - ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Pale green background with a dark brown vulture on the right (from cover art by Annalise Jensen). Text in black - Skittering Within by Kelsea Yu Text in brown - ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Pale blue background with grey arms and hands reaching for human skull (from cover art by Annalise Jensen). Text in black - How Did I Die This Time by Anne Liberton Text in brown - ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Pale brown background with a large grey, brown, and red-feathered bird wing spread (from cover art by Annalise Jensen). Text in black - The Robot Malfunctions in Want of Locks and Braids by Timi Sanni Text in brown - ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Pale blue background with concave swirl of green grass and a single yellow flower blooming (from cover art by Annalise Jensen). Text in black - Estelle by Carol Duncan Text in brown - ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Bread: the matroness had sung to us of its thick golden shell. An inverse egg, all white in the center. If it grew anywhere, it would be in one of the gray palaces." BREAD OF LIFE
Pale pink background with two dark brown vultures perched on left and right of red arch (from cover art by Annalise Jensen). Text in black - Replacement Rainforests by May Chong Text in brown - ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Pale green background with concave swirl of white snow and green grass (from cover art by Annalise Jensen). Text in black - Our Last Evening in a Moon-Struck City by Madeehah Reza Text in brown - ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Pale blue background with head, arms, and left wing of a grey, brown, and red bird reaching up to catch a human skull (from cover art by Annalise Jensen). Text in black - The Siren’s Song by Marilia Angeline Text in brown - ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Green background. White text reads "ISSUE 28: HARBINGER IS HERE!" on the right with issue cover (art by Annalise Jensen) on the left. Cover art has a pale grey-blue sky background above a concave swirl of white snow and green grass with a single yellow flower blooming; depicts a grey-brown bird with large red-brown and grey-brown wings spread in lift-off, reaching up with human-like arms and hands to catch a human skull; and features two dark brown vultures at the top left and right. Magazine cover reads: in bright teal, APPARITION LITERARY MAGAZINE; in dark red, ISSUE 28: HARBINGER / GUEST EDITOR AURELIUS RAINES II / COVER ART: ANNALISE JENSEN; and in white, a list of contributors' names, KELSEA YU, L.M. GUAY, TIMI SANNI, MAY CHONG, AUGUST CAO, ANNE LIBERTON, MADEEHAH REZA, JENNIFER HUDAK, MARILIA ANGELINE, CAROL B. DUNCAN, CAMERON E. QUINN, AMY HENRY ROBINSON.
Pale grey-blue sky background above a concave swirl of green grass with a single yellow flower blooming. Brown text - ESSAY: SEE YA LATER" BY AMY HENRY ROBINSON. Green text - "ISSUE 28: HARBINGER" Red text - "MY HEART IS IN THIS DIGITAL RECORD, BLOOD AND VISCERA ENTANGLED, WITH EACH EBOOK, ONLINE POST, BESPOKE AUDIO RECORDING." White text - COVER ART BY ANNALISE JENSEN.
Pale grey-blue sky background above a concave swirl of the green grass and snow with one yellow flower. Brown, red, and white text as follows. Essay: The Stories I Tell Myself By Jennifer Hudak "Sometimes, I have the sense of my life splitting into different timelines as I’m living it." Issue 28: Harbinger Coming October 15th! Cover Art Annalise Jensen
ALT for all 6 images: Grey-blue background with red and grey bird reaching for a skull, from cover art by Annalise Jensen. Text in white. Image text matches posts. Text on this image (image #1 in thread) - "Appartion Lit Issue 28: Harbinger. Short Fiction. Cover Art Annalise Jensen."
mythical bird with human arms holding up a skull surrounded by two vultures with names Apparition Literary Magazine, Issue 28 Harbinger, Madeehah Reza L.M. Guay Carol B. Duncan Kelsea Yu Cameron E Quinn August Cao Anne Liberton Marilia Angeline May Chong Timi Sanni Jennifer Hudak Amy Henry Robinson
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Blue background with white text: RHYSLING SHORT POEMS @sfpapoetry Second Place "LANGUAGE AS A FORM OF BREATH" ANGEL LEAL APPARITION LIT OCT. image credit: @sfpapoetry
Multi-color neon sign of noodle bowl with glowing yellow text: THE NOODLE TRUCK Shaking your head slightly, you pull open the door. You’re already here, and there have been too many nights of interrupted sleep to turn back now. BY C.A. KANE
Dark brown background. Red-brown text reads "HARBINGER TABLE OF CONTENTS" on the left with cover art by Annalise Jensen on the right. Cover art has a pale grey-blue sky background above a concave swirl of green grass and depicts a grey-brown bird with large red-brown and grey-brown wings spread in lift-off, reaching up with human-like arms and hands to catch a human skull, with two dark brown vultures at the top left and right. Cover art text reads "APPARITION Literary Magazine" in bright teal and "ISSUE 28: HARBINGER / GUEST EDITOR AURELIUS RAINES II / COVER ART: ANNALISE JENSEN" in red-brown.
Teal text "LAST DAY TO SUBMIT TO THE LAST ISSUE OF APPARITION LIT" and "BIPOC CREATORS WINDOW CLOSES TODAY" on black background. 4 cartoon barnacles with speech bubble "We'll miss you!"
Fuzzy black and grey background with Apparition Lit Ghostie in black. White text "ISSUE 28 Harbinger is CLOSED to general submissions. Extended window for BIPOC creators is OPEN until 9/7!"
Red background, with dark red bats with glowing yellow eyes. White text in all caps: MY DUTIES ARE CONSTANT. THERE'S WINDING AND LUBRICATION. INSPECTION AND REPAIR. PULLEYS AND HAMMERS, DIALS AND SPRINGS. THE LANTERNS MUST STAY EVER BURNING, IN AID OF MY EYES, FOR A SINGLE MISTAKE COULD DISPLACE THE ENTIRE MACHINE. IT'S THE VERY SOUL OF THE CITY, AND I MUST MAINTAIN.
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White text "Free to read online!" on black stripe at top. White text "ISSUE 27: ANACHRONISM" on black stripe at bottom. Black text "HERE IN THE AFTER Kelsea Yu" on black stripe in middle. Thin black border. Background is a zoomed-in crop of cover art by Annalise Jensen (close-up sections of green plants, purple and rose gold wallpaper, and figures' grey and purple clothing).
White text "Free to read online!" on black stripe at top. White text "ISSUE 27: ANACHRONISM" on black stripe at bottom. Black text "LIGHT LIES Coby Rosser" on light rose stripe in middle. Thin black border. Background is a zoomed-in crop of cover art by Annalise Jensen (close-up sections of green plants, purple and rose gold wallpaper, and figures' grey and purple clothing).
White text "Free to read online!" on black stripe at top. White text "ISSUE 27: ANACHRONISM" on black stripe at bottom. Black text "ROSEWATER, CLINGING TO THE TONGUE Leah Ning" on light mint stripe in middle. Thin black border. Background is a zoomed-in crop of cover art by Annalise Jensen (close-up sections of green plants, purple and rose gold wallpaper, and figures' grey and purple clothing).
White text "Free to read online!" on black stripe at top. White text "ISSUE 27: ANACHRONISM" on black stripe at bottom. Black text "THE ARCHIVE OF BIRDS Mary Soon Lee" on light peach stripe in middle. Thin black border. Background is a zoomed-in crop of cover art by Annalise Jensen (close-up sections of green plants, purple and rose gold wallpaper, and figures' grey and purple clothing).
blue illustration of ghost reading with text apparition lit guest editor announcement! aurelius raines ii, the harbinger issue guest editor submissions open august 15-31 apparitionlit.com
White text "Free to read online!" on black stripe at top. White text "ISSUE 27: ANACHRONISM" on black stripe at bottom. Black text "MELTING POINT Cass Wilkinson Saldaña" on light green stripe in middle. Thin black border. Background is a zoomed-in crop of cover art by Annalise Jensen (close-up sections of green plants, purple and rose gold wallpaper, and figures' grey and purple clothing).
White text "Free to read online!" on black stripe at top. White text "ISSUE 27: ANACHRONISM" on black stripe at bottom. Black text "FOR POPPY Asa Delaney" on light blue stripe in middle. Thin black border. Background is a zoomed-in crop of cover art by Annalise Jensen (close-up sections of green plants, purple and rose gold wallpaper, and figures' grey and purple clothing).
White text "Free to read online!" on black stripe at top. White text "ISSUE 27: ANACHRONISM" on black stripe at bottom. Black text "LIKE A FLY CLASPED IN A HAND Nadav Schul-Kutas" on light purple stripe in middle. Thin black border. Background is a zoomed-in crop of cover art by Annalise Jensen (close-up sections of green plants, purple and rose gold wallpaper, and figures' grey and purple clothing).
Dark blue background. Ignyte Awards masthead at the bottom. Text in white: Congratulations Rasha Abdulhadi & Tania Chen & all the Ignyte finalists!
White text "Free to read online!" on black stripe at top. White text "ISSUE 27: ANACHRONISM" on black stripe at bottom. Black text "EXPERIENCING GRIEF AMIDST ALIENS Ayòdéjì Israel" on white stripe in middle. Thin black border. Background is a zoomed-in crop of cover art by Annalise Jensen (close-up sections of green plants, purple and rose gold wallpaper, and figures' grey and purple clothing).
White text "Free to read online!" on green stripe at top, black text "ANOTHER OLD COUNTRY Nadia Radovich" on light green stripe in middle, black text "ISSUE 27: ANACHRONISM" on light green stripe at bottom. Background is purple and rose gold and green, a zoomed-in crop of wallpaper and leaf from cover art by Annalise Jensen.
White text "Free to read online!" on blue stripe at top, black text "GALATEA PT II Mykki Rios" on pale green stripe in middle, black text "ISSUE 27: ANACHRONISM" on pale green stripe at bottom. Background is purple and rose gold, a zoomed-in crop of wallpaper from cover art by Annalise Jensen.
White text ISSUE 27 RELEASE DAY! next to Issue 27 cover on black background.
Issue 27 cover peeled back to reveal text: "Even when everything changes, humanity, at its core, does not. We can find connections across time. We can relate to the pain, the trauma, the rage of ghosts." - HERE IN THE AFTER by KELSEA YU
Issue 27 cover peeled back to reveal text: "starlings aflight in pixel murmurations" - THE ARCHIVE OF BIRDS by MARY SOON LEE
Issue 27 cover peeled back to reveal text: "I could not sense anything other than this overwhelming everything, which raced through and clouded every neural link of my mesh" - MELTING POINT by CASS WILKINSON SALDANA
Issue 27 cover peeled back to reveal text: "what am I?—a star child ashes to atomic ashes—dust to cosmic dust" - LIGHT LIES by COBY ROSSER
Issue 27 cover peeled back to reveal text: "This text should be read once on paper, then destroyed. Non-librarians are forbidden from reading the red text. Cover it if you have to." - LIKE A FLY CLASPED IN A HAND by NADAV SCHUL-KUTAS
Issue 27 cover peeled back to reveal text: "where i come from pain is a prerequisite for staying alive. pain is the nutrients you are forced to swallow for your sorrow to develop" - EXPERIENCING GRIEF AMIDST ALIENS by AYODEJI ISRAEL
Issue 27 cover peeled back to reveal text: "joy like rich cream, running thick down your throat; and love like salt, like the drowning ocean" - ROSEWATER, CLINGING TO THE TONGUE by LEAH NING