Welcome to Issue 22: Symmetry! This issue brings you foreshadowing, questions about identity, and a dash of magic. These tales entwine deep space with deep ocean. They reflect the creature you are, or are destined to become, the repetition of beauty ideals across the ages, birds that terrify and corvids whose offerings open new worlds. You'll see where the face in the mirror can lead you, how your partner can reflect your life back to you, and what you become when you rise from the ashes,
EDITORIAL
A Word from Our Editor by Kel Coleman
SHORT FICTION
Through the Glass, a Full Sea by P.H. Low – 1900 words, ~9 minutes reading time
The Sea Hare by Wailana Kalama – 1600 words, ~8 minutes reading time
Paper Teeth by Mare Knaupp – 2000 words, ~10 minutes reading time
A Catalog of Gifts from a Crow by Jo Miles – 5000 words, ~25 minutes reading time
POETRY
Marriage by Yee Heng Yeh – 40 lines
Invertebrate Gazebo by Angela Acosta – 21 lines
I, Hunger by Nnadi Samuel – 35 lines
Helen After Helen by Rasha Abdulhadi – 23 lines
ESSAYS
Symmetry, Horror & Identity by Tania Chen
I Know Too Much About Scurvy by Maria Schrater
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 and October