Mistakes Can Take You Places
Editor's Note for Issue 3
We thought this was going to be a comedy issue. But the joke is on us!
The submissions for Issue #3 have reminded us that there are many kinds of mistakes: the ones you make, the ones others make, and the ones the universe makes. What is perfectly clear, however, is that the nature of the mistake is less important than where it takes you.
In this issue, our authors have presented historical mistakes, imaginary ones, mistakes that never were, and cosmic gaffes. They sometimes leave you wondering whether it was really a mistake at all.
Fundamentally, literature and art are about human emotion. The surprise, the regret, the anger, and the acceptance of a mistake are all at the heart of what it means to be human (or otherwise). The humor that follows - whether the snort of laughter in the moment, or only the sense of “Some day we’ll look back on all this and laugh!” - is also uniquely ours.
As such, they are the very source of the creativity that allows us to connect. We want to make mistakes, because without them, we could hardly be ourselves.
Issue 3 of The Apostrophe will be published starting on December 1, 2023 - one piece per day, with the full PDF version published on the final day.