Kate Elliott (Alias A. Rasmussen) is the acclaimed author of over a dozen fantasy and science fiction novels from Tor and DAW, among others, and her short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies.
Read MoreAn Interview with Kate ElliottBy day, a hard-working legislative editor, and by night a fiction maven, Eugie Foster is the Nebula award-winning author of “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast.”
Read MoreAn Interview with Eugie FosterAlethea Kontis is a certified enchanted Princess (with a capital “P” for Plucky, Pretty, and Perceptive, among other lovely adjectives), a best-selling author, and a fairytale maven. Her short fiction has appeared in Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, Shroud, Shimmer, and Realms of Fantasy, as well as in Apex Magazine and Dark Faith.
Read MoreAn Interview with Alethea KontisAPEX MAGAZINE: What sparked the idea for “Sprig” and made you want to write it down?
ALEX BLEDSOE: The initial inspiration came from taking my kids to their first Renaissance Faire this summer. My own history with renaissance fairs is pretty iffy, so I resolved to try to see the experience through their eyes.
Read MoreAn Interview with Alex BledsoeAPEX MAGAZINE: To start off, I just finished reading “Weaving Dreams,” and had to ask: what was the genesis of this story? How did the idea of combining Native American legend and European Fae mythology come to you, and what in particular sparked the passion to write this specific story?
Read MoreAn Interview with Mary Robinette KowalAPEX MAGAZINE: "During the Pause" is an intense story both in its moral questions and in its personal immediacy. As a reader, I suspect I'm not the only one who had to hold my breath for five seconds at the end, or the only one who had to think about what I would do.
Read MoreAn Interview with Adam-Troy CastroGenevieve Valentine has long been entertaining us with her self-inflicted viewings of terrible movies and the consequent reviews. She also writes some fine nonfiction and has become quite a popular blogger.
Read MoreAn Interview with Genevieve ValentineKij Johnson’s fantastic imagination and thoughtful prose has garnered her recognition in nearly every corner of the science fiction and fantasy community. Her fiction appears regularly on the Hugo Award final ballots, and she’s received three Nebula Awards and brought home an equal number of World Fantasy Awards.
Read MoreAn Interview with Kij JohnsonAPEX MAGAZINE: You've written both SF/Fantasy and literary fiction. Did you begin with one and stretch out into the other? Or have you always written a broad variety of genres/styles?
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