Apex Magazine
Mighty Axes and Beer-Soaked Beards: The Portrayal of Dwarves in Fantasy
I’ve read and loved countless books over my lifetime, but few have been as important or influential as the one sitting on my desk as I write this article: the...
Mighty Axes and Beer-Soaked Beards: The Portrayal of Dwarves in Fantasy
I’ve read and loved countless books over my lifetime, but few have been as important or influential as the one sitting on my desk as I write this article: the...
Waiting for Beauty
He wakes before dawn to prepare her breakfast. The spoons and pot-handles are clumsy in his curving claws, but the servants all left long ago, and so he has learned...
Waiting for Beauty
He wakes before dawn to prepare her breakfast. The spoons and pot-handles are clumsy in his curving claws, but the servants all left long ago, and so he has learned...
Murdered Sleep
Kora had heard the rumors. They were everywhere that fall, blown on the wind along with the golden fans of fallen ginkgo leaves. Everyone claimed to know someone who had...
Murdered Sleep
Kora had heard the rumors. They were everywhere that fall, blown on the wind along with the golden fans of fallen ginkgo leaves. Everyone claimed to know someone who had...
Armless Maidens of the American West
There’s an armless maiden in the woods beyond the house. She doesn’t wail or weep the way you’d think a ghost or a grieving girl would. Her footsteps are heavy—sometimes...
Armless Maidens of the American West
There’s an armless maiden in the woods beyond the house. She doesn’t wail or weep the way you’d think a ghost or a grieving girl would. Her footsteps are heavy—sometimes...
An Interview with Genevieve Valentine
Genevieve Valentine has long been entertaining us with her self-inflicted viewings of terrible movies and the consequent reviews. She also writes some fine nonfiction and has become quite a popular...
An Interview with Genevieve Valentine
Genevieve Valentine has long been entertaining us with her self-inflicted viewings of terrible movies and the consequent reviews. She also writes some fine nonfiction and has become quite a popular...
Undercity
That day, the complacent city received three warnings. No one bothered to take notice. The city listened only to itself. *** At the seashore, just before sunrise, a teenage girl...
Undercity
That day, the complacent city received three warnings. No one bothered to take notice. The city listened only to itself. *** At the seashore, just before sunrise, a teenage girl...