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Novel excerpts available from Apex Magazine

ByBrian Keene

Island of the Dead

The galley’s lower deck stank of sweat, salt, vomit, and desperation.

ByCherie Priest

Cinderwich

The first Ellen Thrush has probably been dead all this time—and it’s not that I don’t care, exactly. I care, I think. I’m curious at least.

ByBrian Keene

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Hole in the World (Excerpt)

\At least they’re not talking much, Lucinda Hawkins thought as she eased the airport shuttle bus through the blizzard.

ByPaul Jessup

Close Your Eyes (novel excerpt)

NOVEL EXCERPT: Read a sneak peek of Paul Jessup's new book CLOSE YOUR EYES, available now from Apex Book Company

ByBrian Keene

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Novel Excerpt: Return to the Lost Level

We're proud to present an exclusive excerpt from horror Grandmaster Brian Keene's new novel Return to the Lost Level.

ByAlethea Kontis

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Haven, Kansas (Novel Excerpt)

The tingling burn spread out from the center of Erin’s chest like slow lightning, so paralytic at first that she worried her body would forget how to breathe. But her body was breathing. Was moving.

ByDaniel I. Russell

Entertaining Demons (Novel Excerpt)

Molly lay in bed, listening to a distant gate slam back and forth, rattling in its moorings. The rain echoed on the roof and struck the window. In her younger years, she’d found a storm comforting. She’d be snug and safe while the elements raged outside. In this house, the relaxing pitter-patter of the rain failed to soothe.

ByMary Turzillo

Mars Girls (Novel Excerpt)

An excerpt from Mary Turzillo's novel Mars Girls.

ByTade Thompson

Rosewater (Novel Excerpt)

I’m at the Integrity Bank job for forty minutes before the anxieties kick in. It’s how I usually start my day. This time it’s because of a wedding and a final exam. Not my wedding, not my exam. In my seat by the window I can see, but not hear, the city. This high above Rosewater everything seems orderly. Blocks, roads, streets, traffic curving sluggishly around the dome. I can see the cathedral from here.