In January 2010 Apex Magazine kicks the year off with a special 2012/End of the World edition. Featuring the essay “2012: The Good, the Bad, and the Apocalyptic” by Dr. Amy Sturgis and an Editorial Disposition column from Editor-in-Chief Jason Sizemore on our obsession with the end this edition offers more than just fiction for … Continue reading
Reminder: Apex Magazine is a completely free, pro paying webzine. Please consider reading and supporting. Click here for details. The December 2009 issue of Apex starts off with “59 Beads” by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz. This tale of technology enhancing artistic ability and definition reminds me very much of Paolo Bacigalupi’s “The Fluted Girl”. Exploitation, perversity and … Continue reading
Apex Magazine is a free online magazine. Read it here and consider donating to keep further issue coming. October 2009′s issue of Apex Magazine opens with Alethea Kontis’ “A Poor Man’s Roses”. On the surface this is a tale of a woman held prisoner and milked for the medical boons that her body produces. Beneath … Continue reading
Apex Magazine, August 2009 The August issue of Apex Magazine starts with “Kenny 149” by Brad Becraft, a fairly quick, definitely science fiction tale of war and humanity. It’s a solid Apex tale, of a soldier battling against an overwhelming number of alien invaders without straying into heavier territory. “Pimp My Airship” by Maurice Broaddus … Continue reading
_The renewal of Apex Magazine begins with “She Called Me Sweetie” by Glen Lewis Gillette. Here Gillette spins a wicked tale of clones and loneliness, all from a perfectly-toned child point of view. Readers can suspect what G might find when he jealously creeps into Mommy’s bedroom, but the story will hold their attention to … Continue reading
“Hideki and the Gnomes” by Mark Lee Pearson is a very short, weird tale that’s similar to previous Apex offerings such as Nathan Rosen’s “I Know an Old Lady”. This one has a definite cadence, an almost Mother Goose feel, even if its meaning is murky. “Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens” by Peter M. Ball is … Continue reading
