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Star/Formation

    Star_Formation-(Link to PDF File)       The above link is to a PDF file. I apologize for the format- but it is necessary to display the poem in its proper form -Webmaster.

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Introduction to the April 2014 poetry of Abyss & Apex

We are pleased to present another excellent slate of poets for the April 2014 issue of Abyss & Apex. As usual, my style is to arrange poems in an emotional or thematic arc as opposed to alphabetical order by author’s … Continue reading

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Life As a Starship NAV System

Noel Sloboda Life As a Starship Nav System Left too long in sleep mode, an electrical spike untangles carefully-ruled grids laid over my inherited memories of everyplace I will have been and for one moment I float beyond my metal … Continue reading

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A Brief Suspension of History #32 amd #33

Darren C. Demaree A Brief Suspension of All History #32 Unknotting, my hobo heart, functioning like an engine, beautiful, no longer in need of pills, it still carries a whiff of cheap wine, of women & their rattled stances. Nervous … Continue reading

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Origins

Sylvia Ashby Origins for my mother Amidst the fiery stars—souvenirs of the old explosion— is there a murmur of music, a trailing whisper, a silken ribbon of melody? Not the persistent rhythmic hum— that microwave remnant of ancient cosmic trauma— … Continue reading

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“These fences”

Simon Perchik * These fences, half done, half still counting the afternoons that return alone and those with no way out –the dead must like it here, come by bring the family, lawns, let you get to know the neighbor’s birthdays, what they remember –this colony … Continue reading

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Slow Gods

 David Barber The Slow Gods A brief tumult of gravity, particles, star birth, rashes of supernovae, life, swollen suns and galaxies smashed. In the beginning was the Age of Stars. As biologicals gauge time, by the orbits of worlds, the … Continue reading

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The Three

“The Three” by Travis Daniel Bow The Court Mage bent to take the sword from the limp fingers of Tel’s opponent. He indicated that Tel should kneel. Trembling, Tel dropped to his knees. The Court Mage raised his wrinkled hands … Continue reading

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Ixtab Takes a Day Off

“Ixtab Takes a Day Off” by Jennifer Dornan-Fish Being the goddess of suicide is a total shit job. I see the threads of fate and it’s my job to prune those fuckers, cut them off at those delicate junction points … Continue reading

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Slamnesia

“Slamnesia” by Ronald D. Ferguson “You have slamnesia.” Doctor Reynolds’s dour expression blends into the dark frame of his oiled-walnut office panels. His next words don’t improve my impression. “Worst case I’ve ever seen.” “That doesn’t sound good.” I don’t … Continue reading

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