Apex has released issue 36 of Apex Magazine. That means we’ve been producing pro-level fiction content for three years… time flies when you’re having fun!
This issue we have fiction from Rachel Swirsky, Rahul Kanakia, and
Nnedi Okorafor. There is an interesting nonfiction work called “Faith in
the Fantastic” by Tim Akers. Maggie Slater interviews featured author
Rachel Swirky.The cover art comes from Naoto Hattori.
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Enjoy the issue, and we look forward to another great three years!
1) It contains a novelette by Nir Yaniv that will not be in the regular edition.
2) It contains an essay by Charles Tan that will not be in the regular edition.
3) After today, the early edition will not be available for sale anywhere or anytime.
4) The regular edition will not be out until August,
meaning you will have the book approximately four months before
everyone else.
5) Free domestic shipping. Discounted international shipping.
6) Get the first The Apex Book of World SF for only $5.
7) The early edition sort of becomes a limited quantity collectible since no more will be printed beyond what is pre-ordered.
Use promotion code WORLDSF2USA on checkout and receive free
shipping! International customers use promotion code WORLDSF2 on
checkout and receive an equivalent $3 discount.
Table of Contents:
“Alternate Girl’s Expatriate Life” by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
“Mr Goop” by Ivor W. Hartmann
“Trees of Bone” by Daliso Chaponda
“The First Peruvian in Space” by Daniel Salvo (translated by Jose B. Adolph)
“Eyes in the Vastness of Forever” by Gustavo Bondoni
“The Tomb” by Chen Qiufan (translated by the author)
“The Sound of Breaking Glass” by Joyce Chng
“A Single Year” by Csilla Kleinheincz (translated by the author)
“The Secret Origin of Spin-Man” by Andrew Drilon
“Borrowed Time” by Anabel Enríquez Piñeiro (translated by Daniel W. Koon)
“Branded” by Lauren Beukes
“December 8th” by Raúl Flores (translated by Daniel W. Koon)
“Hungry Man” by Will Elliott
“Nira and I” by Shweta Narayan
“Nothing Happened in 1999” by Fábio Fernandes
“Shadow” by Tade Thompson
“Shibuya no Love” by Hannu Rajaniemi
“Maquech” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
“The Glory of the World” by Sergey Gerasimov
“The New Neighbours” by Tim Jones
“From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7” by Nnedi Okorafor
“The Slows” by Gail Hareven (translated by Yaacov Jeffrey Green)
“Zombie Lenin” by Ekaterina Sedia
“Electric Sonalika” by Samit Basu
“The Malady” by Andrzej Sapkowski (translated by Wiesiek Powaga)
“A Life Made Possible Behind The Barricades” by Jacques Barcia
FMI Contact:
Jason Sizemore, Apex Publications Owner/Managing Editor
jason@apexbookcompany.com
The
Apex Book of World SF 2 Early Edition
Includes Bonus Content
Readers who preorder The Apex Book of World SF 2 by
April 30 will get extra fiction and nonfiction, as well as a chance to read the
book four months before it goes on sale through major retailers.
The special early edition, available through Apex Publications' website
(www.apexbookcompany.com), includes Nir Yaniv's novelette
"Undercity," and Charles Tan's essay "World SF: Our Possible
Future," in addition to the 26 short stories that will appear in the
collection when it is released in August. The early edition will ship beginning
April 30. NOTE: The regular release of
the book in August will not contain the novelette or essay.
In addition, for only $5 more, you can receive the first volume of The Apex Book of World SF with your
preorder. Use promotion code WORLDSF2USA on checkout and receive free
shipping!
Let's recap. Preorder before April 30th, get a special early edition version of
the book containing an exclusive novelette and essay, receive free shipping,
and for $5 more get the first volume of The Apex Book of World SF.
Edited by Lavie Tidhar, The Apex Book of World SF 2
collects works from award-winning SF writers from Africa, Asia, Latin America,
Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East. Featured authors include
Will Elliot, Hannu Rajaniemi, Shweta Narayan, Lauren Beukes, Ekaterina Sedia,
Nnedi Okorafor, and Andrzej Sapkowski. Several of the stories are published for
the first time in English.
Apex Publications
is a small press publisher dedicated to producing exemplary works of science
fiction, horror, fantasy and non-fiction. Based out of Lexington, Kentucky,
Apex Book Company is owned and operated by Jason B. Sizemore.
We are exceedingly pleased to announce that Apex Magazine has been nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine! This is the very first Hugo Nomination for Apex Magazine.
Best Semiprozine (357 ballots) Apex Magazine edited by Catherynne M. Valente, Lynne M. Thomas, and Jason Sizemore Interzone edited by Andy Cox Lightspeed edited by John Joseph Adams Locus edited by Liza Groen Trombi, Kirsten Gong-Wong, et al. New York Review of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell, Kevin J. Maroney, Kris Dikeman, and Avram Grumer
Apex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and
horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many
of the top pros of the field. New issues released the first Tuesday of
every month.
This month is a special world sf themed issue featuring Lavie Tidhar, Thoraiya Dyer, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, Amal El-Mohtar, and Charles Tan.
Hey guys/gals, share this around if you don't mind? It is time for the new Apex T-shirts. Here is the final graphic design. As a favor to me, how many out there would be willing to pay upfront for a shirt (to help me defer the large upfront costs)? Regular shirts will be $8 + shipping ($5.15). XXL and larger is $10. Send an email (jason@apexbookcompany.com) or leave a comment.
*Preorder and have your copy signed by the author*
*Expected ship date in early March*
Synopsis: Sometimes it’s not what you say, but how you say it.
These are the words of Crawford Award-nominated fantasy author J.M. McDermott (Last Dragon and Never Knew Another).
McDermott says it with aliens, magical frogs, and the Berlin wall.
Share his discoveries in nature, bug-infested basements, and visions of
death.
Visions of the future.
Visions of forgotten pasts.
It's all here in J.M. McDermott's powerful collection of dark fantasy and horror from Apex Publications.
Apex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror
magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of
the top pros of the field.
Table of Contents Fiction:
"A Member of the Wedding of Heaven and Hell" by Richard Bowes
"Copper, Iron, Blood and Love" by Mari Ness
Classic Revisited:
"Lehr, Rex" by Jay Lake
Nonfiction:
"Editorial: Blood on Vellum" by Lynne M. Thomas
"Reaching into the QUILTBAG: the Evolving World of
Queer Speculative Fiction" by Julia Rios
"Interview with Jay Lake" by Maggie Slater
Cover art by Julie Dillon
Apex Magazine is edited by Hugo Award-winning editor Lynne M. Thomas.
*For US customers, use the code WORLDSF2USA on checkout to receive your free shipping.
*For international customers, use the code WORLDSF2 on checkout to receive an equivalent discount of $3 on shipping costs.
Scheduled release date of April, 2012
An expedition to an alien planet; Lenin rising from the dead; a superhero so secret he does not exist. In The Apex Book of World SF 2,
World Fantasy Award nominated editor Lavie Tidhar brings together a
unique collection of stories from around the world. Quiet horror from
Cuba and Australia; surrealist fantasy from Russia and epic fantasy from
Poland; near-future tales from Mexico and Finland, as well as cyberpunk
from South Africa. In this anthology one gets a glimpse of the complex
and fascinating world of genre fiction – from all over our world.
Featuring work from noted international authors such as Will
Elliot, Hannu Rajaniemi, Shweta Narayan, Lauren Bukes, Ekaterina Sedia,
Nnedi Okorafor, and Andrzej Sapkowski.
Don't miss the first volume of great international fiction in volume one of The Apex Book of World SF edited by Lavie Tidhar.
Table of Contents:
“Alternate Girl’s Expatriate Life” by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
“Mr. Goop” by Ivor W. Hartmann
“Trees of Bone” by Daliso Chaponda
“The First Peruvian in Space” by Daniel Salvo (translated by Jose B. Adolph)
“Eyes in the Vastness of Forever” by Gustavo Bondoni
“The Tomb” by Chen Qiufan (translated by the author)
“The Sound of Breaking Glass” by Joyce Chng
“A Single Year” by Csilla Kleinheincz (translated by the author)
“The Secret Origin of Spin-Man” by Andrew Drilon “Borrowed Time” by Anabel Enríquez Piñeiro (translated by Daniel W. Koon)
“Branded” by Lauren Beukes
“December 8th” by Raúl Flores (translated by Daniel W. Koon)
“Hungry Man” by Will Elliott
“Nira and I” by Shweta Narayan
“Nothing Happened in 1999” by Fábio Fernandes
“Shadow” by Tade Thompson
“Shibuya no Love” by Hannu Rajaniemi
“Maquech” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
“The Glory of the World” by Sergey Gerasimov
“The New Neighbours” by Tim Jones
“From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7” by Nnedi Okorafor
"The Slows” by Gail Hareven (translated by Yaacov Jeffrey Green)
“Zombie Lenin” by Ekaterina Sedia
“Electric Sonalika” by Samit Basu
“The Malady” by Andrzej Sapkowski (translated by Wiesiek Powaga)
“A Life Made Possible Behind The Barricades” by Jacques Barcia
Today is your last chance to get the ‘early edition’ of The Apex Book of World SF 2. Don’t miss out!
Hey guys/gals, share this around if you don't mind? It is time for the new Apex T-shirts. Here is the final graphic design. As a favor to me, how many out there would be willing to pay upfront for a shirt (to help me defer the large upfront costs)? Regular shirts will be $8 + shipping ($5.15). XXL and larger is $10. Send an email (jason@apexbookcompany.com) or leave a comment.
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Apex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror
magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of
the top pros of the field.
