An interesting collection of stories from the online science fiction/fantasy magazine http://www.apex-magazine.com. All the stories in the collection feature transformation in one form or another: animal to human, human to alien hybrid, human to robot, human to online data, human to chocolate, etc. ...
So I subscribed to Apex because this had a story from [a:Benjanun Sriduangkaew|6569623|Benjanun Sriduangkaew|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/authors/1395154938p2/6569623.jpg] and that was pretty cool, the other stories were OK, male protags but nothing too horrible, but it's this "War Dog" sto...
Bravo! *slow claps* Seriously, I've been pushing my way through many short story magazines looking for one that caught my attention. Apex Magazine succeeded! It's a mix of poetry and short stories. Plus a mix of horror, sci fi, and fantasy. Granted, this is my first issue of this. If the writing s...
Admit it. When you hear the title Appalachian Undead, you immediately start thinking of a zombie Deliverance, don't you? As S.G. Browne writes in his introduction, there is a definite "stereotype of the region as poor and desolate and culturally backward" that fiction has done as much to perpetuate ...
This is the third or fourth collection I've read from Apex, and while not quite the punch in the gut that Dark Faith is, it's still a superior collection that I recommend to any fan of dark fiction and horror.This book is marketed as a survey of authors in Apex's stable, and (like Apex's books) ther...
Purchased in early 2007 for Jennifer Pelland's story "YY," a macabre tale of cloning gone wrong. For another example of Pelland's take on cloning, I recommend reading Clone Barbecue. It's not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. The first line is "You are cordially invited to eat me."
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