A Chorus, Divergent

“Neurodivergent folks live with differences and difficulties that shouldn’t be dismissed, but likewise, with determination and daring that cannot be disregarded…. We have been doing, all along, the very things we continue to be told we can’t.”
—C.G. Aubrey, Editor

A special issue featuring reprints by neurodivergent creators from Reckoning’s first decade.

Essays, poetry, fiction, and art by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe, E.C. Barrett, Kaye Boesme, Offor Chidera, Jacob Coffin, Kelsey Day, Tania Fordwalker, Abbie Goldberg, A.P. Golub, Ruth Joffre, Taylor Jones, Laura McKnight, Kat Murray, Micah Nemerever, Mari Ness, Ellis Nye, Maria S. Picone, T.K. Rex, Ariadne Starling, and Adam Stemple, with new cover artwork by Abi Stevens.

Ebook release: October 1, 2025
e-ISBN: 978-1-955360-17-3
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Print release: January 1, 2026
Trade paper, perfect-bound. 156 pages; 38,000 words.
ISBN: 978-1-955360-16-6

Contents

Neurodiversity MothArt — Abi Stevens October 1, 2025
EditorialEssay — C.G. Aubrey October 1, 2025
The World Ended in IcePoetry — Adam Stemple October 6, 2025
After ErysichthonPoetry — Kaye Boesme October 10, 2025
Before Times Shells & GiftsFiction — Laura McKnight October 13, 2025
The Last Great Repair Tech of the American MidwestFiction — Ellis Nye October 17, 2025
P-TPoetry — Micah Nemerever October 20, 2025
A Taxonomy of Extinct and Extant Birds of the Twenty-First CenturyFiction — A.P. Golub October 24, 2025
That Time My Grandfather Got Lost in the Translations of the Word ‘Death’Poetry — Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe October 27, 2025
50% off Venus Fly TrapsPoetry — Kelsey Day October 31, 2025
Green Leaves Against the WindPoetry — Mari Ness November 3, 2025
PossessionFiction — Taylor Jones November 7, 2025
Ocean VengeancePoetry — Maria S. Picone November 10, 2025
The Blackthorn DoorFiction — Tania Fordwalker November 14, 2025
The Government Will Pay for Your FuneralPoetry — Offor Chidera November 17, 2025
The X That Means Both Death and HopeEssay — Ariadne Starling November 21, 2025
Fixing the System in Tilt TownFiction — Kat Murray November 24, 2025
Repurposed Parking GarageArt — Jacob Coffin November 28, 2025
IcediverFiction — Ruth Joffre December 1, 2025
SQUAWKER AND DOLPHIN SWIMMING TOGETHERFiction — T.K. Rex December 5, 2025
Swimming WholeFiction — E.C. Barrett December 8, 2025
How to Get Away with Chaining Myself to my Friends in Front of Heavy Duty MachineryEssay — Abbie Goldberg December 12, 2025
Bonus Content — C.G. Aubrey October 1, 2025