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Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review

Welcome to another Words for Thought. The stories discussed this time around are all about change, grief, complicated family relationships, and letting go. They are dark and melancholy, which seems...

Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review

Welcome to another Words for Thought. The stories discussed this time around are all about change, grief, complicated family relationships, and letting go. They are dark and melancholy, which seems...

Interning with Apex: A Chat Between Apex Intern Veronica J. Gilchrist and Managing Editor Rebecca E. Treasure

Veronica was a great addition to our team, and she’s going to keep reading submissions for us, so she’ll be around. I’m personally grateful to her for the trust and...

Interning with Apex: A Chat Between Apex Intern Veronica J. Gilchrist and Man...

Veronica was a great addition to our team, and she’s going to keep reading submissions for us, so she’ll be around. I’m personally grateful to her for the trust and...

Haunt Me, Then

One of the beautiful and annoying joys about writing, about the stories that take root in our minds and psyches, is that they’ll never really go away until they get...

Haunt Me, Then

One of the beautiful and annoying joys about writing, about the stories that take root in our minds and psyches, is that they’ll never really go away until they get...

Perfection, and the Bridges Between

I understood then that this was a lesson on trust. I needed to rip old habits. I needed to trust someone else with the business side of writing.

Perfection, and the Bridges Between

I understood then that this was a lesson on trust. I needed to rip old habits. I needed to trust someone else with the business side of writing.

Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review

Welcome to another Words for Thought. This time around, I’m looking at stories that deal with memory, perception, loss and letting go, and how all these things might inform and...

Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review

Welcome to another Words for Thought. This time around, I’m looking at stories that deal with memory, perception, loss and letting go, and how all these things might inform and...

Readers & Role-Play: Experiencing Your Favorite Stories Through Play

What makes us fall in love with a story? Do we see ourselves in the characters, the champions with whom we can identify and invest? Is it the world itself,...

Readers & Role-Play: Experiencing Your Favorite Stories Through Play

What makes us fall in love with a story? Do we see ourselves in the characters, the champions with whom we can identify and invest? Is it the world itself,...

Book Review: A PALACE NEAR THE WIND by Ai Jiang

In A Palace Near the Wind by Ai Jiang, Lufeng—a Wind Walker with skin made of bark and hair made of needle threads—is to be married to the King of...

Book Review: A PALACE NEAR THE WIND by Ai Jiang

In A Palace Near the Wind by Ai Jiang, Lufeng—a Wind Walker with skin made of bark and hair made of needle threads—is to be married to the King of...