Download or read book Apex Magazine Issue 145 written by Lesley Conner and published by Apex Publications. This book was released on with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful. APEX MAGAZINE is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy genre zine that features award-winning short fiction, essays, and interviews. Established in 2009, our fiction has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards. We publish every other month. Issue 145 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews. EDITORIAL Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION Our Lady of the Clay by Daniela Tomova The Owl by Stephen M.A. A Lullaby of Anguish by Marie Croke Loss Prevention by Pamela Rentz FLASH FICTION What is Conjured Shall Vanish by Akis Linardos Intertwined by Anne Wilkins CLASSIC FICTION Growing Swirling Clouds by T.K. Rex Auxiliary, Supplementary, Inessential by Christi Nogle NONFICTION Build Your (Weird) Community by Christopher Mark Rose I Was a Twelve-Year-Old Black Boy Who Wanted to be a Bene Gesserit by Malon Edwards Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise Book Review: It's Only a Game by Kelsea Yu by Leah Ning INTERVIEWS Interview with Author Stephen M.A. by Marissa van Uden Interview with Author Marie Croke by Marissa van Uden Interview with Cover Artist Silvia Moravčíková Bobeková by Bradley Powers

Download or read book Apex Magazine Issue 146 written by Lesley Conner and published by Apex Publications. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful. APEX MAGAZINE is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy genre zine that features award-winning short fiction, essays, and interviews. Established in 2009, our fiction has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards. We publish every other month. Issue 146 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews. EDITORIAL Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION Kizimbani by Eugen Bacon and Clare E. Rhoden And Someone Has to Do It by Koji A Dae A Tapestry of Dreams by Victor Forna What Good Daughters Do by Tia Tashiro The Price of Moss by Akis Linardos FLASH FICTION The Eight Things You'll Never Be Now That You're Slowly Turning Into a Giant Spider Creature by Alex Sobel A Very Short History of the Discovery and Origin of Homo Sapiens Microplasticus in Three Parts by Joshua Ginsberg CLASSIC FICTION Remembered Salt by E. Catherine Tobler Halogen Sky by Wendy N. Wagner NONFICTION Ancient Aliens, Clones, and Growing Up as a SFF Reader in Brazil by Renan Bernardo Nature Abhors a Vacuum: Writing in Solitude by Jordan Kurella Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise Book Review: John Wiswell's Someone You Can Build a Nest In by Leah Ning INTERVIEWS Interview with Authors Eugen Bacon and Clare E. Rhoden by Marissa van Uden Interview with Author Tia Tashiro by Marissa van Uden Interview with Cover Artist Marco Mazzoni by Bradley Powers

Download or read book Apex Magazine Issue 138 written by Lesley Conner and published by Apex Publications. This book was released on with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful. APEX MAGAZINE is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy genre zine that features award-winning short fiction, essays, and interviews. Established in 2009, our fiction has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards. We publish every other month. Issue 138 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews. EDITORIAL Editorial by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION The Relationship of Ink to Blood by Alex Langer Ncheta by Chisom Umeh Thank Mother for Your Life by Mary G. Thompson Chupa Sangre by Tre Harris Salas A World Unto Myself by P.A. Cornell Lady Koi-Koi: A Book Report by Suyi Davies Okungbowa FLASH FICTION Measure Twice, Cut Once by K.R. March Smoke Fire Wind Sea by Valerie Kemp CLASSIC FICTION A Mastery of German by Marian Denise Moore An Inventory of the Property of the Escaped Suspect, Confiscated at the Time of Her Arrest Following the Incident on Ash Street, with Annotations by Acting Sheriff Helena Fairwind by Tim Pratt NONFICTION Words Wielded by Women by Carina Bissett INTERVIEWS Interview with Author Alex Langer by Marissa van Uden Interview with Author Tre Harris Salas by Marissa van Uden Interview with Artist Robson Michel by Bradley Powers

Download or read book Best of Apex Magazine written by Jason Sizemore and published by Apex Publications. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology collects some of the best original short fiction published in Apex Magazine in its first six years. The stories include our numerous award-nominated works, our readers' Story of the Year selections, and personal favorites chosen by Apex Magazine editor-in-chief Jason Sizemore and managing editor Lesley Conner. TABLE OF CONTENTS Jackalope Wives by Ursula Vernon Going Endo by Rich Larson Candy Girl by Chikodili Emelumadu If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love by Rachel Swirsky Advertising at the End of the World Keffy R.M. Kehrli The Performance Artist by Lettie Prell A Matter of Shapespace by Brian Trent Falling Leaves by Liz Argall Blood from Stone by Alethea Kontis Sexagesimal by Katharine E.K. Duckett Keep Talking by Marie Vibbert Remembery Day by Sarah Pinsker Blood on Beacon Hill by Russell Nichols The Green Book by Amal El-Mohtar L’esprit de L’escalier by Peter M. Ball Still Life (A Sexagesimal Fairy Tale) by Ian Tregillis Build a Dolly by Ken Liu Multo by Samuel Marzioli Armless Maidens of the American West by Genevieve Valentine Pocosin by Ursula Vernon She Gave Her Heart, He Took Her Marrow by Sam Fleming Also includes a foreword by Jason Sizemore and afterword by Lesley Conner.

Download or read book Tiny Planet Filled With Liars written by Stephen M.A. and published by SMA Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The good news is a whole lotta honesty could save us all forever. The bad news tells itself. ______________________________________ • "A shockingly creative sci-fi future" -SPReview • "The perfect intersection of phenomenal world-building and character creation" -ManyBooks.net • "What results is a true masterpiece of storytelling" -ReadersFavorite.com On a lonely urban world in a star system under siege, an ex-military whistleblower buys the certified rights to question anyone while investigating a classified disaster—backed by threat of corporate law. But instead of answers, The Interviewer finds a trail of lies leading directly to the untouchable overlords of the Board. In the Unified Fiduciary Dominion, truth is just a negotiable line item, and Fleet Eternal is the ultimate accountant. Every month, the vast, terrifying alien armada blinks into orbit, attacking with brutal force. Luckily a mere .01% Kill Rate triggers full retreat, if you destroy their vessels fast enough. But when greedy defense contractor Crowley Vanderbilt starts meddling with tactical plans that have survived decades of battle, the security of the entire system is imperiled. Despite the storied reputation of Admiral Seersa Kudaibergen, casualties start mounting, and time is suddenly running out. Now, The Interviewer must partner with Zhou, cantankerous Ruby District madame, and Bartimus Caldwell, whiz kid sensor Scry, to assemble a declassified public report that could rewrite history and save the UFD... But first they've gotta survive long enough to finish writing it. "unique, sharp parlance" ★★★★★ ReadersFavorite.com "splashes of gritty action" ★★★★½ SPReview "filled with drama, humor and hope" ★★★★ MMGood Book Reviews "blends satire and dirty jokes into a genuine philosophical debate" ManyBooks.net

Download or read book Alcoholics Anonymous written by Bill W. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 75th anniversary e-book version of the most important and practical self-help book ever written, Alcoholics Anonymous. Here is a special deluxe edition of a book that has changed millions of lives and launched the modern recovery movement: Alcoholics Anonymous. This edition not only reproduces the original 1939 text of Alcoholics Anonymous, but as a special bonus features the complete 1941 Saturday Evening Post article “Alcoholics Anonymous” by journalist Jack Alexander, which, at the time, did as much as the book itself to introduce millions of seekers to AA’s program. Alcoholics Anonymous has touched and transformed myriad lives, and finally appears in a volume that honors its posterity and impact.

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Download or read book The Vanished Birds written by Simon Jimenez and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “highly imaginative and utterly exhilarating” (Thrillist) debut that is “the best of what science fiction can be: a thought-provoking, heartrending story about the choices that define our lives” (Kirkus Reviews, Best Debut Fiction and Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year). FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS AWARD • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TORDOTCOM AND KIRKUS REVIEWS A mysterious child lands in the care of a solitary woman, changing both of their lives forever. I expected many things from this trip. I did not expect a family. A ship captain, unfettered from time. A mute child, burdened with unimaginable power. A millennia-old woman, haunted by lifetimes of mistakes. In this captivating debut of connection across space and time, these outsiders will find in each other the things they lack: a place of love and belonging. A safe haven. A new beginning. But the past hungers for them, and when it catches up, it threatens to tear this makeshift family apart. Praise for The Vanished Birds “This is the most impressive debut of 2020.”—Locus “This extraordinary science fiction epic, which delves deep into the perils of failing to learn from one’s mistakes, is perfect for fans of big ideas and intimate reflections.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A lyrical and moving narrative of space travel, found families, and lost loves set against an evocative space-opera background.”—Booklist (starred review) “The Vanished Birds finds an intimate heartbeat of longing in a saga of galactic progress and its crushing fallout. . . . A novel of vast scope that yet makes time for compassion, wonder, and poetry.”—Indra Das, author of The Devourers

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Download or read book Apex Magazine Issue 121 written by Alix E. Harrow and published by Apex Publications. This book was released on with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apex Magazine is an online short fiction zine of fantastical literature. TABLE OF CONTENTS Editorial by Jason Sizemore ORIGINAL FICTION Root Rot by Fargo Tbakhi Your Own Undoing by P H Lee Love, That Hungry Thing by Cassandra Khaw Mr. Death by Alix E. Harrow The Niddah by Elana Gomel Gray Skies, Red Wings, Blue Lips, Black Hearts by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor HOLIDAY HORRORS FLASH FICTION WINNER All I Want for Christmas by Charles Payseur CLASSIC FICTION The Ace of Knives by Tonya Liburd Roots on Ya by LH Moore INTERVIEWS Interview with Author Fargo Tbakhi by Andrea Johnson Interview with Author P H Lee by Andrea Johnson Interview with Cover Artist Vicki Be Wicked by Russell Dickerson NONFICTION Story-less: A Forethought by Usman T. Malik Trapped in Stories by Malka Older Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise

Download or read book Apex Magazine Issue 126 written by Pamela Rentz and published by Apex Publications. This book was released on with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange. Beautiful. Shocking. Surreal. We are pleased to present a special issue focusing on Indigenous Futurists and guest-edited by Allison Mills. APEX MAGAZINE is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy genre zine that features award-winning short fiction, essays, and interviews. Established in 2009, our fiction has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards. We publish every other month. Issue 126 contains the following: EDITORIAL Indigenous Futurists—Editorial by Allison Mills ORIGINAL FICTION Security Breach at Sugar Pine Suites by Pamela Rentz Happy Trails by Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. Marked by Bears by Jessie Loyer Spirits of the Broken Lands by Kevin Wabaunsee When Evening Arrives by Tiffany Morris An Incident at Hellpoint Prime by Norris Black CLASSIC FICTION A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy by Rebecca Roanhorse INTERVIEWS Interview with Author Pamela Rentz by Rebecca E. Treasure Interview with Author Kevin Wabaunsee by Marissa van Uden Interview with Cover Artist Megan Feheley by Jason Sizemore NONFICTION The Nature of a Natural Future by Sloane Leong REVIEWS Words for Thought: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise

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