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Words for Thought #17
This month's reviews focus on stories of loneliness and isolation, but stories that offer hope as well.
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APEX MAGAZINE
Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful.
apex magazine
The Case of the Mysterious Meat
It was hot. The kind of hot that would make the devil himself pull out a fan. Everywhere Mauve looked was blurry, either from heat rising off the pavement, sweat dripping in his eyes, or an uncomfortable combination of both. It was hot and Salisbury Steakhouse and Petting ZooTM was lying.
Read MoreThe Case of the Mysterious Meat8-Bit Rage: Black Hole Zion, Industrial Music, and Science Fiction
They're not the first band to be built around a core of science fiction influences, but they do an excellent job of it, weaving esoteric concepts into their lyrics that elevate them far above the usual aggro-rock macho angst.
Read More8-Bit Rage: Black Hole Zion, Industrial Music, and Science FictionInterview with Cover Artist Rubén Castro
An interview with our cover artist Rubén Castro.
Read MoreInterview with Cover Artist Rubén CastroTree of the Forest Seven Bells Turns the World Round Midnight
Thistle stood with her back to him, all curve and joy, a plum-skinned promise of delight. He tried to follow her, but his feet wouldn’t move. With each step forward he kept stumbling backward, as if his body wanted, needed to withdraw every footstep, to retrace their path under that lone glimmering star.
Read MoreTree of the Forest Seven Bells Turns the World Round MidnightHaven, 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.
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So Sings the Siren
The man wobbled his jaw. “Her face is contorted in beautiful agony. Her pain is what draws the beauty of her voice in contrast. The better the musician, the more beautiful her song.”
Read MoreSo Sings the SirenMy Struggle
From beyond the ghetto walls come the peal of church bells; pure and clear, clear and pure the sound fills the night above the ghetto, and Shomer and the children stop and listen to it, spellbound in their captivity.
Read MoreMy StruggleInterview with Author Dennis Danvers
An interview with this month's featured writer Dennis Danvers.
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