August 20, 2008 – 9:40 am
Apex Editor-in-Chief Jason Sizemore was invited to be a part of this week’s Mind Meld at SFSignal.
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/007071.html
The question presented was:
Q: Science fiction, some say, is all about fostering change. But if you could change any aspect of the science fiction field itself - publishing, mainstream acceptance, fans, or whatever - what would it be and [...]
August 19, 2008 – 4:32 pm
For one week only, the following Apex Book Company titles are on sale for $10.00:
Unwelcome Bodies
The Next Fix
HebrewPunk
Aegri Somnia
Gratia Placenti
Orgy of Souls
Mama’s Boy and Other Dark Tales
Beauty & Dynamite
Make Alexander Hamilton proud. Spend ten bucks and buy a book!
August 18, 2008 – 10:18 am
We have lots of treats this week.
“Through Thy Bounty” by Lucy A. Snyder
“The Finger” by Matt Hults*
Articles by Lavie Tidhar and Adrienne Jones.
Interviews with Adrienne Jones about her new book brine and a fan-driven Q&A of Apex author Jennifer Pelland.
All can be found right here: http://www.apexbookcompany.com/apex-online
*The story by Matt Hults is the first of a [...]
August 17, 2008 – 7:32 pm
Halloween is just around the corner, so you should know what that means–the annual Apex Halloween short fiction contest!
This year’s theme is: ELECTION HORROR
Guidelines:
Your story must incorporate the theme of ELECTION HORROR.
Word count maximum is 1,000.
Your story must have first rights available.
Submit your story to halloween@apexdigest.com.
Submissions are open NOW.
Deadline is 11:59 PM, October 15th, EST.
This [...]
August 12, 2008 – 9:56 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Fd4oafup0
Credit goes to Fontaine, for writing such a beautiful song, and to Stephanie Rinehart for editing it together.
More about Beauty & Dynamite.
August 11, 2008 – 10:37 am
This week we feature a new story from George Mann titled “The Nature of Blood.”
Non-fiction content includes columns by Adrienne Jones, Lavie Tidhar, and Jason Sizemore.
http://www.apexbookcompany.com/apex-online
Here’s a fascinating interview with Fran Friel by Greg Lamberson of FearZone.com.
Favorite part: When Fran is talking about her experience participating in the Gross Out Contest at WHC 07…
“And if you’ll remember, the judges were Chris Golden, Tim Lebbon and Joe Lansdale and later that night somebody told me that Joe’s beautiful daughter, Kasey, was [...]
We have received the following blurbs for I Remember the Future: The Award-Nominated Stories of Michael A. Burstein. Quite frankly, we’re amazed (and delighted) by the heavyweight names we’ve lined up in support of this book.
IRtF Product Page
“Few writers have made such a splash with their first appearance in Analog, and even fewer have so [...]
Congratulations to Paul Bielaczyc! His artwork for Apex Digest issue 9 has received a Chesley Award nomination in the category of “Magazine.”
Here’s a link to all award nominees:
http://www.asfa-art.org/admin/ches.php?chesyear=2008
August 3, 2008 – 10:36 pm
The latest “issue” of Apex Digest has been posted.
Two horror short stories–”Just an Old Man” by Maurice Broaddus and “House Cleaning” by Wrath James White.
Jodi Lee interviews Maurice and Wrath.
Adrienne Jones shares her goofiest, geekiest loves.
Lavie Tidhar shares a book collecting adventure.
And finally, Apex editor-in-chief Jason Sizemore goes off on “revenge fantasy” submissions.
August 1, 2008 – 11:31 am
Want to read a new short story from Fran Friel? We do.
This month Fran is the featured writer at HorrorWorld.org and they’ve published a new story of Fran’s titled “Bessie’s Green Thumb.” Have fun reading!
After reading the story, click on the finger-in-a-bag banner at the bottom of the page to grab a copy of Mama’s [...]
August 1, 2008 – 10:00 am
1) Mama’s Boy and Other Dark Tales by Fran Friel
2) Orgy of Souls by Wrath James White and Maurice Broaddus
3) Unwelcome Bodies by Jennifer Pelland
We’ve made available the first 20 pages of Gratia Placenti. If you’re interested in the anthology, this should give you a good idea of the layout and types of stories in the book.
Gratia Placenti was our second featured writer horror anthology.
Friday August 1 at 7pm
Local Author Showcase
Join five local authors for a discussion on the ups and downs of writing and publishing, and see their diverse work.
Featured are Richard Venti (The Doctor’s Dog, Fiction), Janet Spurr (Beach Chair Diaries, Memoir/Essay), Jennifer Pelland (Unwelcome Bodies, Short Fiction), Julie Hahnke (Through the Eyes of a Raptor, Young [...]
Does love anger you? Have you ever been frustrated by your attempts to woo another? Then Webs of Discord by Jason Sizemore might be for you.
The Webs of Discord chapbook is now available as a free download for those interested in some lovely horror.
As you may have heard, Apex Digest unleashed phase 3 of the Global Domination Plan upon the world recently, making the move to digital and upping pay rates to 5 cents/word. Overnight, our submissions doubled.
We are looking for a new submissions editor to join the minions—er, editorial team—in order to keep our response times down [...]
Apex Publications is in need of a slush wrangler for Apex Digest Online.
Job Duties:
Forward submissions to our Apex Digest editors.
Filter out and reject submissions that do not match our guidelines (story not sent as DOC or RTF, word count over 7500 words, etc.).
Will be expected to perform these strenuous duties almost daily.
Ideal candidate:
Trustworthy. Dependable. Polite. [...]
We present a new short story titled “In the Seams” by Andrew C. Porter. It’s a bit of Lovecraftian madness in the coal mines of Kentucky.
Lavie Tidhar continues his search for the Titanic Omar. Adrienne Jones…well…she keeps writing about creepy stuff.
Come look!
As part of our new online content, we’d like to do a fan-based author Q&A series.
Our first victim will be Jennifer Pelland. You can ask Jennifer about any of her writing, and not just her Apex work.
To refresh your memory, here is Jennifer’s Apex bibliography:
“Big Sister/Little Sister” - Apex SF & Horror Digest issue 3
“Erasure” [...]
This one is stacked.
We have a story from Nick Mamatas titled “Summon, Bind, Banish.” Alethea Kontis contributes the latest in her popular Beauty & Dynamite essay series. Lavie Tidhar continues his pursuit of the Titanic Omar. Adrienne Jones describes why she fears puppets. There’s a great interview with F. Paul Wilson. Justin Stewart provides more [...]
