Books by Bill Abbott:
(My Life and Other) Famous Train Wrecks of Ohio (2021)
Let Them Eat MoonPie
History of the Southern Fried Poetry Slam from 1992-2000, written as a participant. $20, available from the author, from Chatter House Press (currently not listed as in print). First print is also available.
Here are the places Bill Abbott has been published:
Star*Line (Fall 2023)
Poem, “Things I Should Have Told You”
Dead of Winter II (February 2022)
Poetry, “Hunger” and “Archangel Story: Uriel”
Oddball Magazine
(September 2021)
Poetry, “The Snake King’s Lament”
Dead of Winter, Anthology (February 2021)
Poetry, “The Evil of Wings,” “Wendigo Wants,” “Ozark Howler”
Mobius The Journal of Social Change (September 2020)
Poem, “National Illness”
Page & Spine (August 2020)
Poetry, “Not Enough Smoke, Too Many Mirrors,” “Starting Over,” and “The Failing of Memory”
Star*Line (Spring 2020)
Poem, “They Climbed Aboard that Starship”
Anti-Heroin Chic (February 2020)
Poem, “Discussions”
Front Porch Review (January 2020)
Poem, “Engines of Longing”
Masque and Spectacle
(September 2019)
Poem, “Like Rain”
Nine Muses Poetry (August 2019)
Poem, “Self-Paralysis of Memory”
Eunoia Review (June 2019)
Poetry, “Room to Move,” “Urban Animals, Digging”
Burning House Press (May 2019)
Poetry, “Home Again (After the Funeral),” “Grief Buried”
Red Coyote (2019, Vol 33)
Poem, “The Sin-Eater’s Lament” (Print Journal)
Magnolia Review (July 2019)
Poetry, “Long Shots 4,” “Items of Worth,” “Snapshots Without a Camera,” “Styles,” “Echolalia,” “Driving the Thumbtack into the Corkboard”
Altered Reality Magazine (May 2019)
Poetry, “The Bigfoot’s Lament,” “The Jackalope’s Lament,” “Nessie,” “Stories of the Woman,” “War Fog,” “Wendigo,” “Stan,” “Vernal Equinox”
Vitamin ZZZ/Family Bed (Spring 2019)
Poem, “Waking the Child”
Broken Plate (Spring 2019)
Poem, “Ashen to Ashes” (Print Journal)
Dime Show Review (February 2019)
Poem, “Abbreviated Field Theories”
HitchLit Review (Winter 2019)
Poetry, “Altar Call,” “Alternatives to Prayer”
Jokes Review (Winter 2019)
Poetry, “The Trees,” “Restoring the Collection”
Black Poppy (December 2018)
Poem, “No Witnesses”
Mock Turtle Zine (November 2018)
Poem, “String Theories”
Your Daily Poem (October 2018)
Poem, “Autumn”
Postcard Poems and Prose
(August 2018)
Poem, “Sequiturs”
Ghost City Review (August 2018)
Poem, “Three Trains Passing in the Night”
Flypaper Magazine (July 2018)
Poetry, “Hearts, Crystal, and Other Breakable Things,” “Redeemed,” “Fear of Flight,” “Middletown, Ohio,” and “Dating Profile”
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Mused: The BellaOnline Literary Review (June 2018)
Poem, “Collision Theories”
Wordgathering (June 2018)
Creative nonfiction, “Describing the Sharp Edges”
Darker Than Fiction/Poet’s Haven Digest (May 2018, Print)
Poem, “The Collector”
Chiron Review (Winter 2017, Print)
Poetry, “Chaos Theories,” “The Risk of Motion,” “Seeking Refuge”
Corvus Review (Spring 2017)
Poem, “Gravity Theories”
Muddy River Poetry Review
(October 2017)
Poetry, “Fire Boys,” “Papa,” “Florid”
Red Eft Review (July 2017)
Poem, “Simplicity”
Happy Captive Magazine (Spring 2017)
Poem, “Loneliness”
Number One, A Literary Journal (2017, Print)
Poem, “2 AM, Waffle House”
Mused: The BellaOnline Literary Journal (Spring 2017)
Poem, “Our Hero”
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Poem, “Withdrawals”
Inner Sins (July 2015)
Poetry, “Malevolence,” “It’s My Way of Loving You”
Defunct publication
Ray’s Road Review (June 2015)
Poetry, “The Muse,” “Daydream Teatime with Mythical Figures,” “Election Day”
Radius Lit (March 2015)
Poem, “The Hero of the Story”
November 3rd Club (September 2008)
Poem, “Election Day”
Java Monkey Speaks, Vol 2 (2006, Print)
Poem, “Things Fall”
Failed Seeker (January 2003, Print)
Poetry, “Family,” “A Statement to the Thief”
Gem Studded Tongues/Burning Dogs of Love (June 2000, Print)
Editor, Dayton (OH) poetry anthology
Poetry, “Daydream Teatime with Mythical Figures,” “The Newest Edition”
Team Dayton Y2K (July 2000,
Audio)
Dayton (OH) Slam team recordings
Poem, “We Are a Group Poem,” “I Beat You in the Last Slam Because,” “Redneck Sex”
Monkey (October 1997 through March 1999, Print)
Poetry, “Elvis Poem,” Word Bar,” “Underground,” “Coughing Sneezing Aching Stuffy Head Fever So I Can Rest Poem,” “Dangle”
Slam: Sixth Annual Southern Fried Poetry Slam Festival (June 1998, Print Anthology)
Poem, “Judypoem #1”
Mockingbird (ETSU lit mag, 1998)
Poetry, “Another Resurrection” (first place), “Underground”
Velcro Poet Femme Warriors from Planet X (June 1997, Print
Anthology)
Editor, Southern Fried Slam anthology
Poem, “Dangle”
Mockingbird (ETSU lit mag, 1997)
Poetry, “Philadelphia,” “Mall Romance”
Poetry for Breakfast, 9 PM (June 1996, Print Anthology)
Poem, “The Coughing Aching Stuffy Head Fever So I Can Rest Poem”
Dark Star Rising (June 1996, Print Anthology)
Editor, Johnson City (TN) poets
Poem, “Mall Romance
Planet of the Apes (December 1995, Print)
Poem, “October Storm”
The Sow’s Ear (July 1994, Print)
Poem, “Dangle”
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