How do you summarize the forty–year career of a man who’s done everything? Joe R. Lansdale is not merely a writer; he’s one of the most preeminent storytellers of our time.
Read MoreInterview with Joe R. LansdaleI find strength, agency, endurance and anger in the most unlikely works of fiction. I would not dream of telling someone that they are wrong to value a story. A work of art is empowering when the audience finds power in it.
Read MoreKicking Ass, Taking Names, Bubblegum Optional
Most of what was left came to him second hand; imprints of stories he had told a thousand times about memories he used to have, memorized monologues about a life for which he had no context. Copies of copies. But he still had a few pure memories. These, the last original prints, played over and over again. The cold Professor Eisley and what he turned into. Maybe what he’d been from the beginning.
Read MoreCome to My Arms, My Beamish BoyThat’s a little scientist joke, and the proper way to begin this. As for the purpose of my notebook, I’m uncertain.
Read MoreTight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s BackHush, little baby, little kumquat, little bird. Ming–tian is sleeping. She has pruned the bitter melon vines and swept the porch while dancing with a broom. She has chased away the good luck fishes in the pond, where she has lost her shoe.
Read MoreThe Binding of Ming-tianOnce, among the indigo mountains of Germany, there was a kingdom of blue-eyed men and women whose blood was tinged blue with cold. The citizens were skilled in clockwork, escapements, and piano manufacture, and the clocks and pianos of that country were famous throughout the world.
Read MoreIlse, Who Saw ClearlyOver the weekend of April 5th – April 7th, I was the publisher guest of honor at the annual Conglomeration media convention held in Louisville, Kentucky. I had a great time, of course. Who wouldn’t enjoy being toted around on a sedan chair by a group of like-minded geeks?
Read MoreWords from the PublisherWelcome to issue 48 of Apex Magazine.
Emily Jiang’s “The Binding of Ming–tian” sketches the tension of between art and family expectations. E. Lily Yu’s “Ilse, Who Saw Clearly” takes us on a journey of perception, love, and struggle.
Read MoreBlood on Vellum: Notes from the Editor-in-Chief