Short Story Highlight: “Call Girl” by Tang Fei (China)

Apex Magazine's latest issue has a new short story by Chinese author Tang Fei, translated by Ken Liu: Call Girl. Morning climbs in through the window as shadow recedes from Tang Xiaoyi’s body like a green tide imbued with the fragrance of trees. Where the tidewater used to be, now there is just Xiaoyi’s slender...

World SF: Our Possible Future

The following article by Charles Tan is reprinted from Apex Magazine. It was published in the pre-order edition of The Apex Book of World SF 2. The trade edition is out now - it is available direct from the publisher, through Amazon and Amazon UK, and or Kindle (US - UK). World SF: Our Possible Future...

Short Story Highlight: “Faithful City” by Michael Pevzner

The latest issue of Apex Magazine has published the debut of Israeli author Michael Pevzner, short story Faithful City. I’m not a music person. Father has all sorts of things in the house that can still play, and he listens to them on occasion, but I never cared. I have no need of borrowed emotions;...

Apex Magazine special Arab/Muslim issue released

Apex Magazine's latest issue is a special Arab/Muslim themed issue: Fiction: “The Green Book” by Amal El-Mohtar “50 Fatwas for the Virtuous Vampire” by Pamela K. Taylor "The Faithful Soldier, Prompted" by Saladin Ahmed Reprints: "Kamer-taj the Moon-horse" compiled by Dr. Ignácz Kúnos (originally appeared in Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales) Poetry: "Me and Rumi's Ghost" by...

Apex Magazine to host special Arab/Muslim Issue in November

Catherynne Valente, editor of Apex Magazine, has announced the November issue will be a special showcase issue: I was thinking the other day about the whole horrifying Elizabeth Moon situation. I don't like to just watch bad things happen and make outraged noises and then go back to reading the intertubes like nothing happened. I always...

Jesus & The Eightfold Path

We were supposed to be back up and running this Monday, after Charles, bless him, has been running the blog for over two months while I've been moving (again) and, more importantly, getting married! Then came the volcano, and we now have 10 wedding guests stranded in Israel, living in and out of our 1-bedroom...

Short fiction summaries, 2009: Apex Magazine

Prompted by a conversation with Jeff Ford, we thought we’d take a look at what stories have been published in 2009 from people who could be termed world SF writers. We’re focusing on people from outside of the traditional Anglophone world (so no US, UK, English-speaking Canada or Australia – all of whom have an...

Short Fiction Highlight: “59 Beads” by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz

Netherlands-based, Philippine writer Rochita Loenen-Ruiz's new story, "59 Beads", has just been published in the December issue of Apex Magazine. Check it out. Air limousines floated by like ghosts in a night filled with a jangle of sounds. A mad juxtaposition of chords, wailing voices and crooned-out tunes mangled by the sound of honking horns,...

Nebula Award Eligible Stories

For any SFWA members voting for the Nebulas (or for any other award voters out there - 'tis the season!), the following stories from The Apex Book of World SF are eligible for nomination: The Levantine Experiments, Guy Hasson The Wheel of Samsara, Han Song Wizard World, Yang Ping Cinderers, Nir Yaniv And the following...

Aliette de Bodard’s “After the Fire” at StarShipSofa; Unveils New Cover Art!

Apex Book of World SF contributor Aliette de Bodard's latest story, "After the Fire", first published in the special World SF issue of Apex Magazine, is now available in audio in the popular podcast StarShipSofa. And Aliette has just unveiled the cover art for her rapidly-approaching first novel from Angry Robot Books!