When you rock the watercraft, there is always a price to pay.
There's always one. One who upsets apple carts, one who can't just let business happen. Someone always notices; someone with the power to punish vigilantes. And a killer-for-hire has been summoned.
Dotson is just trying to keep a low profile while riding through bandit country. But there's always one, the troublemaker who... [click here for more]
Saito Izumi has struggled with what she is—a centuries-old vampire—ever since she was turned. But, it’s not until she confronts a couple of modern day zombies, is she forced to confront her deepest shame, the monster she really is. ... [click here for more]
Saito Izumi, a centuries old vampire has done and been many things. During the late 1700’s she found herself a pirate—excuse me—a privateer on the ship, the Devil’s Rose. In this tale from the Irish Cycle series, Saito must act quickly if she is to save herself and the life of her lover, Privateer Captain William Taylor Howe. But, for every action there is a consequence, as... [click here for more]
DEATH IS STRICTLY OPTIONAL
When Herbert West claimed he'd discovered a chemical formula that would restore life to the dead, they called him mad. He spent the rest of his life proving his formula worked... and that was indeed mad. He vanished mysteriously in 1922, but now the facts surrounding those events, as well as the terrifying fruits of his labor, have been discovered and revealed... [click here for more]
Catherynne M. Valente begins her reign as Apex Magazine fiction editor with a stellar line up.
Original Fiction: "Fair Ladies" by Theodora Goss “Four Is Me! With Squeeeeee! (And LOLer)" by Nick Mamatas
Reprinted Fiction: "Secret Life" by Jeff VanderMeer
Original Poetry: "Dogstar Men" by C.S.E. Cooney ... [click here for more]
Spontaneous Human Combustion. Alien abductions. Ghostly apparitions. The Seven Dogs Society investigates the weirdness at reality's fringe.
Tales of the Seven Dogs Society is a collection of three self-contained novellas based on the Aletheia role-playing game. Monica Valentinelli (Aletheia, Worlds of the Dead), Jim Johnson (Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows) and Matt McElroy (Buried... [click here for more]