For the author poetry is deeply personal, for the reader it is highly subjective. What do you hope readers experience or gain from your poetry?
Read MoreInterview with Rachel Swirsky author of “Black, Red, White”Your fiction seems to defy characterization. The stories are a seamless blend of many genres: horror, sci fi, and mystery. How would you classify your work?
Read MoreInterview with Will Ludwigsen author of “In Search Of”The first image in “Twilight of the Eco Terrorist” is haunting. “I bent down to kiss his lips but they weren't there. The air was in confusion; my body sank into his as if he had become honey, and then steam.” This sets the tone for the story, creating a lifetime of loneliness and exclusion for Long.
Read MoreInterview with Annalee Newitz author of “Twilight of the Eco Terrorist”Did you know that if you put your ear to the ground during a convention, you can hear the sound of laughter three blocks away? Whether you’re a reader or an author, a pro or an amateur, there’s a lot of fun to be had at a science fiction, fantasy or horror con.
Read MoreGrab Your Badge, Ready, Set, Meet!The universe began 13.7 billion years ago as a singularity of infinite density and temperature. It will expand and fragment until the fragments become singularities of their own and repeat the process. The grand unified theory is a lot closer to “it’s turtles all the way down” than scientists guess.
Read MoreIn Search OfThere’s a scene in a black-and-white where a cowboy rides a nuclear bomb dropping from the sky. It’s from back in the 1900s. I forget the name, but it’s in the archive if you look.
Read MoreRecipe Collecting in the Asteroid BeltI was seventeen, and Lawrence had eyes like chips of black glass. We’d parked behind the donut shop, between two trash bins that blocked my car’s windows.
Read MoreTwilight of the Eco-TerroristThis year, Apex Publications is celebrating the Nebula nominations of two short stories: “The Green Book” by Amal El-Mohtar, which appeared in Apex Magazine issue 18; and “Ghosts of New York” by Jennifer Pelland, which appeared in the anthology Dark Faith.
Read MoreAn Introductory Guide to the Nebula AwardsHe’s come out of his shop now, fussing with gloves that look expensive, a match to his long glossy overcoat. Glare from the streetlight glints on his bare scalp. Above that light, impotent clouds wall away the moon, render the sky a blank carbon sheet.
Read MoreThe Button Bin