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Apparition Literary Magazine @apparitionlit.com · Jan 25

*blows layer of dust off bluesky account

We're also eligible for 2024 awards for semi-pro stuff. If'n, in all the current chaos, you wanted to throw a little love towards the little reading ghostie, perennial, outsider, underdog.

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Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social · Jan 13

post a short story you love

@emelkrishnan.bsky.social @apparitionlit.com

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I still think about this story on a weekly basis.

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Leah Ning @leahning.bsky.social · Nov 19

Awards eligibility for 2024!! Honored to be published by @apexmag.bsky.social , @kaleidotrope.bsky.social , @apparitionlit.com , and @crepuscularmag.bsky.social this year ❤️ links to all stories can be found on my website!

Image with a list of award-eligible stories for Leah Ning for 2024:
"The Ferns and the Fiddleheads" (Apex Magazine), "On the Temporary Nature of Thunderstorms" (Kaleidotrope), "Rosewater, Clinging to the Tongue" (Apparition Lit), and "Calm, Quiet, Silence" (Crepuscular).

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Laura @lauraobrn.bsky.social · Nov 25

Finally ordered a physical copy of the @apparitionlit.com Resistance issue with my story in it. There she is now, wudja look at her 😭

The cover of Apparition Literary Magazine Issue 5: Resistance

My short story, In Silence I'll Sing, in Apparition Literary Magazine

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May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · Nov 26

It’s the most wonderful(?) time of the year…award eligibility post time!

I have one poem out this year; ‘Replacement Rainforests’ (in @apparitionlit.com). Please keep it in mind if you’re nominating for 2025 awards 🙏

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Brian Hugenbruch @the-lettersea.com · Nov 29

Poetry: "On brutal wing" (2021), one of my longest poems, is a blank-verse narrative which appeared in the brilliant @apparitionlit.com -- a magazine I'm really going to miss.

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Kurella De'vil is in the Details @kurellian.bsky.social · Dec 7

aaaaa!!

i forgot once again (i had a major surgery 14 days after the magazine published), that i also had the *immense honor* of doing a *bucket list thing* and was Guest Editor for the @apparitionlit.com MERCURIAL ISSUE

www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW1G9MZL

Apparition Lit, Issue 26: Mercurial (April 2024)

Amazon.com: Apparition Lit, Issue 26: Mercurial (April 2024) eBook : Kurella, Jordan, Child, Heather , Cooper, Marina , Kuye, Moriam E. , Mori, Arda , Osha, Jorja , Sengupta, Abhishek , Takács, Bogi , Teng, Emily Y. , Wade, Seth : Tienda Kindle

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Anne Liberton | 张韵 @anneliberton.bsky.social · Dec 18

Awards eligibility post 💜

This year I published 3 poems and 1 short story:

Poems:
♠️ How Did I Die This Time? - @apparitionlit.com
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♠️ specular she (personal fave, @sfpoetry.bsky.social hiii) - @smallwondersmag.com
smallwondersmag.com/piece/specul...

it's paper/plant-themed, with plants on opposite corners, yellowish paper as the background. Brown paper with the title 2024 eligibility. Then:
poetry: "how did i die this time?" - apparition lit; "specular she" - small wonders; "dad's recipe for never-keeping
short story: "six-month assessment on miracle fresh" - diabolical plots.

At the bottom, there's "@anneliberton"

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · Dec 24

The first one in the series - "Anticaprice / Chemical Engineering Mage" in @apparitionlit.com in the issue guest-edited by @kurellian.bsky.social!

(there is no particular reading order to those pieces and I might rearrange them entirely for a little book later.)

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Anticaprice / Chemical Engineering Mage - Apparition Literary Magazine

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Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social · Dec 28

A story full of longing for a thousand-year-old self but also for a new one. What do you do when you find yourself in stories that were not written for you? How do you reconcile original and translation into a third thing that bears your name?

by @nadiaradovich.bsky.social in @apparitionlit.com

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Apparition Literary Magazine @apparitionlit.com · Dec 30

Beautifully crafted prose rounds out our 2024 Flash Fiction competition - Dec winning story "We All Feed the Motherwood" by @akstories.bsky.social follows rituals of a society of murder trees. It is fitting as the last story we'll ever publish! Free online today! apparitionlit.com/we-all-feed-...

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · Nov 16

Very honoured that the lovely folks at @apparitionlit.com have nominated my short story for the Pushcart Prize, I was not expecting this ☺️

An email that reads:

Hi Madeehah!

Thank you so much for working with us on the Harbinger issue. That story has swamped itself into our souls and will last throughout the end of time.

We are sending this message across time and space to let you know that the team tallied votes for our annual noms, and we are excited to nominate Our Last Evening in a Moon-Struck City for consideration in the Pushcart Prize for short fiction.

Best of luck, all our fingers and toes are crossed!

Stay well,

Rebecca, Amy, Clarke & Tacoma

Apparition Lit

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Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Nov 16

So very honored to hear that my short story “The City and the Styrofoam Sea” has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Thanks to @apparitionlit.com for the nom!

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Go, little story, go!

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Amy Henry Robinson @amyhenryrobinson.bsky.social · Nov 16

Ok, one last go for Pushcart Prize nominations with a pass by the lucky (?) pineapple!! Good luck to the @apparitionlit.com noms!!

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Amy Henry Robinson @amyhenryrobinson.bsky.social · Nov 15

This has really felt like a Midwest goodbye! My essay saying thank you, see ya later is free to read online today. THANK YOU to everyone who supported us, by cheering, sharing, submitting, reviewing, and subscribing. I've had the time of my life!! (*does the lift) apparitionlit.com/final-editor...

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Apparition Literary Magazine @apparitionlit.com · Nov 15

Free to read online today!

ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Essay "See Ya Later" by Amy Henry Robinson

apparitionlit.com/final-editorial-…

@amyhenryrobinson.bsky.social

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

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Apparition Literary Magazine @apparitionlit.com · Nov 14

Free to read online today!

ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Essay "The Stories I Tell Myself" by Jennifer Hudak

apparitionlit.com/the-stories-i-te…

@jenniferhudak.bsky.social

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

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Apparition Literary Magazine @apparitionlit.com · Nov 12

Free to read online today!

ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Poem "Thank you for Your Service" by August Cao

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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

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Apparition Literary Magazine @apparitionlit.com · Nov 11

Free to read online today!

ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Short Story "The Pancake House at the End of the World" by L.M. Guay

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@nightgleaming.bsky.social

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

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Apparition Literary Magazine @apparitionlit.com · Nov 7

Free to read online today!

ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Poem "Gutted" by Cameron E Quinn

apparitionlit.com/gutted

@thecameronquinn.bsky.social

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

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Apparition Literary Magazine @apparitionlit.com · Nov 4

Free to read online today!

ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Short Story "Skittering Within" by Kelsea Yu

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@anovelescape.bsky.social

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

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Apparition Literary Magazine @apparitionlit.com · Oct 31

Free to read online today!

ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Poem "How Did I Die This Time" by Anne Liberton

apparitionlit.com/how-did-i-die-th…

@anneliberton.bsky.social

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

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Maria Schrater @mariaschrater.bsky.social · Oct 29

I love the voice so much, I love this robot so much 😭

Apparition Literary Magazine @apparitionlit.com · Oct 29

Free to read online today!

ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Poem "The Robot Malfunctions in Want of Locks and Braids" by Timi Sanni

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@timisanni.bsky.social

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

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Apparition Literary Magazine @apparitionlit.com · Oct 29

Free to read online today!

ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Poem "The Robot Malfunctions in Want of Locks and Braids" by Timi Sanni

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@timisanni.bsky.social

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · Oct 27

I loved writing this story and I'm so happy it found a perfect home in @apparitionlit.com's final issue. Give it a read if you're interested moons that mess up the world 😏🌛

Apparition Literary Magazine @apparitionlit.com · Oct 21

Free to read online today!

ISSUE 28: HARBINGER
Short Story "Our Last Evening in a Moon-Struck City" by Madeehah Reza

apparitionlit.com/our-last-evening…

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

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