Apparition Lit, Issue 5: Resistance (January 2019)
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Welcome to the fifth issue of Apparition Lit! Our theme was Resistance and we wanted stories that challenged you and asked you to step up.
EDITORIAL
*A Word from Our Editor by Tacoma Tomilson
SHORT FICTION
*Hearts Made Marble, Weapons Shaped From Bone by AJ Fitzwater
*In Silence, I’ll Sing by Laura O’Brien
*Who Defies the Watcher by Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga
*Grey Evergreen by Marlena Evans
POETRY
*For Dark Figures and the Long Way Home by Bria Strothers
*Taking, Keeping by Jessica J. Horowitz
INTERVIEW
*Artist Interview with Crystal Lipsey
ESSAY
*How to Fight Bullies with Angry Poems by Clarke Doty
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.
ApparitionLit
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. Every issue of Apparition Lit includes:*Editorial from the staff*Four short stories that meet the quarterly theme*Two poems that meet the quarterly theme*Interview with the Cover Artist*Nonfiction EssayNew issues will be published each January, April, July, October.
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Table of Contents
Editorial
A Word from Our Editor by Tacoma Tomilson
Short Fiction and Poetry
Hearts Made Marble, Weapons Shaped From Bone by AJ Fitzwater
For Dark Figures and the Long Way Home by Bria Strothers
In Silence, I’ll Sing by Laura O’Brien
Taking, Keeping by Jessica J. Horowitz
Who Defies the Watcher by Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga
Grey Evergreen by Marlena Evans
Interview
Artist Interview with Crystal Lipsey
Essay
How to Fight Bullies with Angry Poems by Clarke Doty
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Past Issues
A Word from Our Editor
by Tacoma Tomilson
Welcome to our first issue of 2019! Our January theme is brilliantly captured by artist Crystal Lipsey. We commissioned the piece from her, and it turned out even better than we imagined. Thank you so much for working with us, Crystal!
And while our cover features a woman defiantly waving the flags of her resistance, our theme involves more than just taking to the streets in protest. Sometimes it means speaking up, saying no, and saving each other. Sometimes it's ohmic. This month, we have an electric group of stories and poems to share with you.
With the new year, we’ve started interviewing our authors. Four short questions about what inspired them, what they hope readers take from the story or poem, how many rejections/revisions the story or poem went through, and a recommendation (a book, a movie, or whatever has them excited). We hope you enjoy these Creator Spotlights (available exclusively on our website) and the insight into the creative process that they provide.
Our poetic resistors:
For Dark Figures and the Long Way Home by Bria Strothers is a gut punch poem about resisting gatekeepers and giving a voice to those who are often ignored or kept out of spaces that are rightfully theirs.
Taking, Keeping by Jessica J. Horowitz is a brutal poem, which effortlessly captures the determination and sacrifice required to continue resisting no matter what is stolen from you.
Our author resistors:
Grey Evergreen by Marlena Evans is a story about resisting death, pushing back against the inevitable, and surmounting arduous paths. Marlena wrote a wildly creative story with prose that will dig its way inside your chest.
Hearts Made Marble, Weapons Shaped From Bone by A.J. Fitzwater features a unicorn on the warpath. The resistance here is brutal but necessary for survival. The format and language A.J. chose is precise--a perfect weapon of resistance.
In Laura O’Brien’s In Silence, I’ll Sing, a woman forced into silence finds her voice. Resistance comes in all forms, and sometimes breaking your silence is more than enough to impart change.
Who Defies the Watcher by Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga is about resisting those who do harm to animals, which includes dragons. Sometimes we have to take action and do what we think is right, even if it’s scary.
This month’s essay by editor extraordinaire Clarke Doty is a thoughtful look at writing as resistance and the inspiration we can take from words. As Dr. Ranganathan pointed out, Every book its reader.
This law of library science can be applied to any creative work. Write that story, that poem, because someone out there is waiting for it.
Apparition Literary Magazine is funded by the editors and by your kind donations. If you’d like to support us, you can follow us on Facebook or Twitter and please consider donating and/or subscribing via our website. For 2019, we’re pleased to announce that we’ve increased our pay rate for short stories to $0.03 per word and poetry to $15 flat rate.
Thank you,
Tacoma Tomilson
Hearts Made Marble, Weapons Shaped From Bone
by A.J. Fitzwater
My horn is sharp and I thought I would never hesitate when they inevitably came for my family.
But I did.
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A few definitions first.
Hesitation: a horn which slices through flesh so easily is a burden, one all unicorns must contend with.
Burden: whatever those without horns told me it would be. Tread careful now, They'd say, even your hooves strike sparks and your tongue might be set aflame.
Family: anyone we damn well choose it to be. Sisters and siblings of all definition. My family is legion, because my hearts are weak, They sneer.
They: Capital T. The Enemy. Simple in name. Don't let that fool you. They are not simple in deed. They are patient and Old.
They also have no idea. The longer the stars spin, the more a unicorn's heart turns to stone. We became the source of marble in this world, hard and unyielding as a statue whose hands are pressed lovingly into flesh, veil delicate across face. Beauty that pierces right through.
A singularity, my horn is made of tougher stuff still.
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Breaking of a uniquine; an insidious word and deed, turning the wild and free into beasts of burden. They say we enjoy serving, that it benefits all of us Beasts to come together, but that's a lie. My spine is not for bending or mastering.
They don't come for us in the night, as you would expect. The full light of day is Their cover.
A corral and harness, for our safety.
A bit, for silence.
A bone-saw, at the ready.
A knife and goblet, for our blood.
And all the while, silence rings from