jennifer pelland

Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful.

ByJennifer Pelland

a woman in a wheel chair looking at the mountains.

Sacrifice

Regina sat by her father’s bedside, staring down at his gaunt frame as he shifted his bony legs, trying and failing to get comfortable. She didn’t want him to die. Why was it taking him so long to die?

ByStephanie Jacob

a white mask with the words apex magazine on it.

Interview with Jennifer Pelland

Jennifer Pelland has twice been nominated for the Nebula Award for short fiction. Her first collection, Unwelcome Bodies, was released by Apex in 2008. Her debut novel, Machine, will be out in late December, 2011.

ByJennifer Pelland

Ghosts of New York

Poets and sages like to say that there is clarity in certain death. That a calm resignation settles over the nearly deceased, and they embrace the inevitability of the end of life with dignity and grace.

ByStephanie Jacob

Interview with Jennifer Pelland author of “Ghosts of New York”

The protagonist in “Ghosts of New York” jumps from the North Tower in an attempt to escape the flames. She is then forced to repeat those ten seconds over and over. “History only makes ghosts out of those who try to fly.” Why do you feel only the “jumpers” are forced to exist in a purgatorial state?

ByJennifer Pelland

a long tunnel with a train track running through it.

…That Has Such People in It

When you voluntarily walked underground, you had no idea how long you’d be there. People said you were crazy for doing it, but you’d been called crazy, and worse, for years.