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Don't miss out! Cyber Monday is here!

The Thanksgiving holiday weekend has come to an end, but there's one final chance to save big in the Apex store!

Our Black Friday deals run through today, which means you have about 15 hours left to save 50% on all books in our store. Save 50% on all hardcover, trade paperback, and digital editions of Apex's novels, novellas, short fiction collections, anthologies, and nonfiction! We're sure to have something for every reader of your holiday shopping list. And saving is easy! Simply use discount code GIVEBOOKS at check out!

Head over to the Apex website and GIVEBOOKS to everyone left on your shopping list!

Today is also the final day to grab an Apex Mystery Box and the 2019 Book Bundle. Grab one of each before Jason shoves them back in his hall closet.

For only $30 you can have Jason Sizemore do your shopping for you! With every Mystery Box you are guaranteed an Apex hardcover, two trade paperbacks, and a print issue of Apex Magazine to give away as gifts or to keep for yourself. Either way, you are sure to happy with your box of mystery!

This is your last chance to grab the 2019 Book Bundle. This bundle includes every title Apex published this year - and it has been a fantastic year! Get Hole in the World by Brian Keene, Do Not Go Quietly edited by Jason Sizemore and Lesley Conner, Pimp My Airship by Maurice Broaddus, Coil by Ren Warom, Snow Over Utopia by Rudolfo A. Serna, Ration by Cody T Luff, and Mirrorstrike by Benjanun Sriduangkaew. The 2019 Book Bundle is available in both print and digital editions, and it is sure to excite any reader.

Head over to the Apex website and put a dent in your holiday shopping with these fantastic deals!


 

Nuawa's adventure continues! Mirrorstrike is available now!

Benjanun Sriduangkaew is back with the second installment of the Her Pitiless Command series.
   

With her mother's blood fresh on her hands, Nuawa has learned that to overthrow the tyrant Winter Queen she must be as exact as a bullet ... and as pitiless.

In the greatest city of winter, a revolt has broken out and General Lussadh has arrived to suppress it. She's no stranger to treason, for this city is her home where she slaughtered her own family for the Winter Queen.

Accompanying the general to prove her loyalty, Nuawa confronts a rebel who once worked to end the queens reign and who now holds secrets that will cement the queen's rule. But this is not Nuawa s only predicament. A relentless killer has emerged and he means to hunt down anyone who holds in their heart a shard of the queen's mirror. Like the general. Like Nuawa herself.

On these fields of tumult and shattered history, the queen's purposes will at last be revealed, and both Lussadh and Nuawa tested to their limits.

One to wake. Two to bind. These are the laws that govern those of the glass.

Mirrorstrike is the sequel fans of Winterglass have been waiting for. Don't miss it! Order your copy direct from Apex, through Amazon, B&N, Kobo, and more!

Save 40% of Upside Down!

The launch of the Invisible Threads Kickstarter is getting closer every day, and we're still celebrating be running sales on our previous Kickstarter anthologies. This week we're highlighting Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling edited by Jaym Gates and Monica Valentinelli.

If you haven't already hit the "Notify me on launch" button over on Kickstarter, then go ahead and do it. That way you won't miss it when we launch Invisible Threads!

Plus, check out the Invisible Threads website to learn more about the project and contributors.

And now, on to Upside Down and awesome savings!

From now though Monday, February 3rd, you can save 40% on every edition of Upside Down! This includes digital (PDF, mobi, and ePub), trade paperback, and hardcovers. All you need to do is use discount code UPSIDE40.
 

Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling is an anthology of short stories, poetry, and essays edited by Monica Valentinelli and Jaym Gates. Over two dozen authors, ranging from NYT-bestsellers and award winners to debut writers, chose a tired trope or cliche to challenge and surprise readers through their work.

Read stories inspired by tropes such as the Chainmaille Bikini, Love at First Sight, Damsels in Distress, Yellow Peril, The Black Man Dies First, The Villain Had a Crappy Childhood, The Singularity Will Cause the Apocalypse, and many more...then discover what these tropes mean to each author to find out what inspired them.

Join Maurice Broaddus, Adam Troy-Castro, Delilah S. Dawson, Shanna Germain, Sara M. Harvey, John Hornor Jacobs, Rahul Kanakia, Alethea Kontis, Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Haralmbi Markov, Sunil Patel, Kat Richardson, Nisi Shawl, Ferrett Steinmetz, Anton Strout, Michael Underwood, Alyssa Wong, and many other authors as they take well-worn tropes and cliches and flip them upside down.

Get your copy now and save 40% with discount code UPSIDE40.

Coming soon: Invisible Threads!

In a little over a month Jason Sizemore and Lesley Conner are planning to launch a Kickstarter for Invisible Threads.

Invisible Threads is anthology of original science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories that explore the insidious social, cultural, and economic threads that hold us back. We have promised stories from Fran Wilde, Maurice Broaddus, Alix E. Harrow, Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, and many more! You can see a full list of contributors by checking out the Invisible Threads website.

And be sure to know the minute our Kickstarter launches by clicking the “Notify me on launch” button found here.

Jason and Lesley are both super excited for this new anthology. They are eager to see what invisible barriers the authors bring to light and are striving to include as many diverse voices as possible.

To help celebrate this new Kickstarter anthology, we are going to run a series of sales on our previous Kickstarter anthologies: Glitter & Mayhem edited by John Klima, Lynne M. Thomas, and Michael Damian Thomas, War Stories edited by Jaym Gates and Andrew Liptak, Upside Down edited by Jaym Gates and Monica Valentinelli, and Do Not Go Quietly edited by Jason Sizemore and Lesley Conner.

Now through January 20th you can save 40% on Glitter & Mayhem!

Use discount code G&M40 at check out.

With this code you can get the print edition of Glitter & Mayhem for $10.17. Or pickup the digital edition for only $3! Head over to the Apex store to grab your copy today! And be sure to watch for next week’s sale to save even more.

About Glitter & Mayhem:

Step behind the velvet rope of these fabulous Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror tales of roller rinks, nightclubs, glam aliens, party monsters, drugs, sex, glitter, and debauchery.
Dance through nightclubs, roller derby with cryptids and aliens, be seduced by otherworldly creatures, and ingest cocktails that will alter your existence forever.

Your hosts are the Hugo Award-winning editors John Klima (Electric Velocipede) and Lynne M. Thomas (Apex Magazine), and the Hugo-nominated editor Michael Damian Thomas (Apex Magazine).

Join glittery authors Christopher Barzak (One for Sorrow) and Daryl Gregory (Pandemonium) on the dance floor, drink cocktails with Maria Dahvana Headley (Queen of Kings: A Novel of Cleopatra, the Vampire) and Tim Pratt (Marla Mason series), and skate with Seanan McGuire (InCryptid series), Diana Rowland (Kara Gillian series), and Maurice Broaddus (The Knights of Breton Court series). The fantastic Amber Benson gets the party started with her floor-rattling introduction (Calliope Reaper-Jones series).

We’re waiting.
 
 

Save 40% on War Stories!

We're still celebrating the upcoming Kickstarter for our next anthology project Invisible Threads! Head over to Kickstarter now and click the "Notify me on launch" button to be sure you know the moment we go live!

This week we're celebrating by giving you 40% off War Stories: New Military Science Fiction edited by Jaym Gates and Andrew Liptak.

Use discount code WarStories at checkout to save.

In War Stories: New Military Science Fiction, editors Andrew Liptak and Jaym Gates collect short stories by science fiction and fantasy authors dealing with the effects of war prior, during, and after battle to soldiers and their families.
 

War is everywhere. Not only among the firefights, in the sweat dripping from heavy armor and the clenching grip on your weapon, but also wedging itself deep into families, infiltrating our love letters, hovering in the air above our heads. It's in our dreams and our text messages. At times it roars with adrenaline, while at others it slips in silently so it can sit beside you until you forget it's there.

Join Joe Haldeman, Linda Nagata, Karin Lowachee, Ken Liu, Jay Posey, and more as they take you on a tour of the battlefields, from those hurtling through space in spaceships and winding along trails deep in the jungle with bullets whizzing overhead, to the ones hiding behind calm smiles, waiting patiently to reveal itself in those quiet moments when we feel safest. War Stories brings us 23 stories of the impacts of war, showcasing the systems, combat, armor, and aftermath without condemnation or glorification.

Instead, War Stories reveals the truth.

War is what we are.

Save 40% off War Stories now through January 27th with discount code WarStories.

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If you've been waiting to buy a copy of Ration by Cody T. Luff, now is the time! Yesterday we found out that Ration made the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker award for first novel.

If that's not enough to convince you to give this dark dystopian novel a try, you can also get it at a great price! Right now Amazon has the print edition for less than $10! Grab a copy at this low price while you can!

Save 40% on Do Not Go Quietly

For the past few weeks we have been preparing for Apex's next Kickstarter project Invisible Threads by running sales on our previous Kickstarter anthologies. Today, with less than two weeks until the launch of the Invisible Threads Kickstarter, we're starting our final sale!

But first, if you have not done so already, head over to our pre-launch page and click the "Notify me on launch" button to make sure you know when we go live! Jason and Lesley are both super excited for this anthology and hope that you will help make it a reality!

If you are a book reviewer or book blogger who hosts guest posts, interviews, or just shares exciting book news with your audience and you would like to help launch Invisible Threads, please email Lesley at lesley@apexbookcompany.com. The Kickstarter is coming up soon and we want to make sure everyone knows about it!

Alright, on to the savings!

Now through February 10th, you can save 40% on Do Not Go Quietly edited by Jason Sizemore and Lesley Conner. Use discount code DNGQ40 at checkout to save!
 

From small acts of defiance to protests that shut down cities, Do Not Go Quietly is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories about those who resist. Within this anthology, we will chronicle the fight for what is just and right, and what that means: from leading revolutions to the simple act of saying “No.”

Resistance can be a small act of everyday defiance. And other times, resistance means massive movements that topple governments and become iconic historical moments. Either way, there is power in these acts, and the contributors in Do Not Go Quietly will harness that power to shake our readers to the core. We are subordinates to a power base that is actively working to solidify its grip on the world. Now is the time to stand up and raise your voice and tell the world that enough is enough!

Don't miss out! Head over to the Apex store and use discount code DNGQ40 to save 40% on Do Not Go Quietly.

Support Invisible Threads on Kickstarter!

Today’s the day! We have launched the Kickstarter for Invisible Threads edited by Jason Sizemore and Lesley Conner.

Head over to our Kickstarter page and back Invisible Threads today!

No matter who you are or where you come from, there are boundaries and barriers that dictate what you can do, where you can go, and who you can become. Invisible threads running through society, pulling you this way or that, tripping you when you try to better yourself, ensnaring and holding you back. Whether these threads come from others in the form of racism, misogyny, or ableism, from those in power through laws and rigged systems, or from within yourself through cultural ideals and values, they are there. They keep you locked in a constraining box of “who you should be,” rather than letting you grow into the person you truly are. Invisible Threads is an anthology of dark sci-fi, fantasy, and horror stories that examine these barriers.

What is Invisible Threads

Invisible Threads editors Jason Sizemore and Lesley Conner are striving to build a ToC representative of the world around us. The barriers each of us face in our day to day lives are dependent on where we come from. Not only geographically, but also dictated by economic standing, race, gender, and so much more. The goal of the anthology is to give room for as many of these stories as possible. With this mind, Jason and Lesley have invited a diverse and talented group of authors to create all new works of fiction. We expect the book to contain 20-25 stories and be approximately 100,000-125,000 words.

Confirmed authors include Alix Harrow, Maurice Broaddus, Fran Wilde, Chesya Burke, Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, Stephanie Malia Morris, Jordan Kurella, K.T. Bryski, ZZ Claybourne, A.C. Buchanan, Damien Angelica Walters, Beth Dawkins, Geoffrey Girard, Sabrina Vourvoulias, A.C. Wise, Michael Wehunt and more!

We’ve asked these authors to write stories that explore the inherent social and political boundaries in our society. Why do they exist? How do we overcome them? How do they affect us and our world? Which boundaries each author chooses to confront in their story is up to them. What we are hoping to highlight are the invisible struggles that our neighbors are facing but we never see.

Each of us is fighting something. Whether it is something larger and in the public eye such as racism, or something smaller and personal such as a parent’s expectation that you will set aside personal dreams to uphold a family obligation. The systemic boundaries tangle and knot around us, preventing us from reaching our potential. The contributors to Invisible Threads will shine a light on these injustices and light a fire to your anger. Join us in snipping the threads that hold us down!
With your help, Apex can bring you this important anthology written by a fantastic lineup of authors. Your pledge money will cover Invisible Threads’ costs and provide Apex with the means to enhance the anthology and pay our contributors, cover artist, graphic designers, and editors.
   
 

Kickstarting Invisible Threads

The Invisible Threads Kickstarter is up and running. We're past the initial surge of backers who have been waiting for this project to go live, and now each day Jason and Lesley are working hard to reach new audiences and to convince readers that this is a project to support.

As of this moment, we are at $3,101 or 15% of our goal. There's still a long ways to go, but we have plenty of time and an anthology that we truly believe in. We can do this!
 
One of the goals of Invisible Threads, is to give a voice to marginalized creators. We solicited stories from authors from many different backgrounds, and are thrilled with the ToC that we've put together. But we can do more. In an 11th hour decision, we decided to query our 16 contributors to voluntarily share their experiences via short essays that we will print in the anthology. These essays are not part of a stretch goal, but will be included in the base funding (though we are paying the writers for the content, of course).

Thus far, we have four participants (KT Bryski, ZZ Claybourne, Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, and Jordan Kurella). The goal is to include at least six essays. If all sixteen contributors write something, we'll include all sixteen. This is an exciting new aspect of Invisible Threads, and we are excited to see what our contributors share.

If you haven't dropped by the Invisible Threads Kickstarter page in the last day or two, then you may have missed some new reward tiers that we've added. Many of these are limited to only one, so if you see something you want don't wait or it might be gone! New backer rewards include:

* ZZ Claybourne tuckerization of you and your pet

* Ebook bundles of Do Not Go Quietly and Invisible Threads (this one was requested)

* Michael Wehunt tuckerization and a copy of Greener Pastures

* A.C. Wise critique

We add unique rewards almost daily, so be sure to pop in and see what we have to offer each day.

Finally, if you want to know anything and everything related to this project, check out these awesome interviews.

Jason and Lesley interview with Books, Bones & Buffy.

Jason and Lesley interview with INKubator.

We are very excited to see Invisible Threads come together. Please, if you haven't already, back the Kickstarter. Whether you can afford to back at the $3 level and get a personalized 'Thank you' postcard from Lesley, or if you can go big and pick up one of the story critiques or tuckerizations, every backer matters. It all helps move us a little close to our goal and helps make Invisible Threads a reality.

Check out our Kickstarter now!

Free eBooks for Your Covid-19 Social Distancing.

Covid-19 is serious business. In an effort to control the spread of the virus, people across the world are being asked to practice social distancing and to stay home.

As part of that call, Apex Books and other publishers are providing free eBooks to help readers cope with the extended periods of inactivity and being housebound.

We hope this selection of Apex titles will help make this stressful time pass a little easier, a little quicker.

Books in the Covid-19 bundle:

Machine by Jennifer Pelland (dark SF)

Stay Crazy by Erica L. Satifka (dark SF)

Maze by J.M. McDermott (dark fantasy)

Beautiful Sorrows by Mercedes M. Yardley (horror)

Like Death by Tim Waggoner (horror)

You can pick you Covid-19 Social Distancing bundle for FREE on the Apex website now through March 31st.

Social Distance and Read!

April looks to be a long month for most of us. So we'd like to help you pass the time by temporarily offering the following five Apex eBooks for 99 cents each.

These books are available at the discounted price at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Google Play, DriveThruFiction, and Apex.

We encourage you to purchase via DriveThruFiction or Apex as a way of supporting independent businesses. It's a tough world out there for us right now.

Mars Girls by Mary Turzillo (YA science fiction novel)
DriveThruFiction | Apex | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Google



I Can Transform You by Maurice Broaddus (Dark SF novella)
DriveThruFiction | Apex | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Google



Aetherchrist by Kirk Jones (Dark SF novella)
DriveThruFiction | Apex | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Google



The Lost Level by Brian Keene (lost world fantasy novel)
DriveThruFiction | Apex | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Google



Dark Faith edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon (dark fantasy and horror anthology)
DriveThruFiction | Apex | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Google

 

Come Get Your Freebie!

As we enter day 8 of the Invisible Threads Kickstarter campaign, we’re here to offer up exciting new rewards, a cool freebie, and more. Lesley and Jason love to scheme and shake things up, so come along and enjoy the fruits of our labor!
 
COME GET YOUR FREEBIE
 
The first 100 new backers will receive a free digital copy of Apex Magazine issue 105. This issue is noteworthy as it contains Invisible Thread’s contributor Alix E. Harrow’s Hugo Award-winning short story “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies.” The issue will come as a DRM-free eBook (ePub, mobi, and PDF). It also contains fantastic fiction by Walker McKnight, P. Djeli Clark, and a novel excerpt from Brian Keene.

Get your free copy of Apex Magazine issue 105 by backing Invisible Threads now!
 
(Don’t fret if you’ve already backed the project because those that jumped on the awesomeness of this project early on get this freebie as well!)
 
CONTRIBUTOR CREATOR ESSAYS
 
So far we’ve locked in five essays from our lineup of short fiction contributors: Maurice Broaddus, KT Bryski, ZZ Claybourne, Jordan Kurella, and Merc Fenn Wolfmoor. We’ll continue to solicit additional essays from contributors once the ToC is finalized.
 
Later this week we’ll share ZZ Claybourne’s moving and powerful essay about his time as a kid in Detroit.
 
SOME NEW REWARDS
 
We’ve added two new very limited rewards.
 
The first is a short story critique of up to 5,000 words by contributor Jordan Kurella.
 
The second is a trade paperback copy of Best of Apex Magazine: Volume 1 signed by Jason Sizemore and Lesley Conner.
 
THE CLIMB
 
Rock climbers have a saying that easily compares to Kickstarter campaigns: Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.
 
Each day we climb a bit more!
 
As of this update we sit at $3,820! That is 19% of our funding goal with 22 days remaining.
 
We’ve seen so many of you sharing this project across social media! It is fantastic to feel all the love and support for this project and our contributors. Thank you so much for helping to spread the word of Invisible Threads, let’s keep climbing!

All Things Invisible Threads

We've hit the halfway mark on our Kickstarter campaign, with 15 days completed and 15 to go. The good news is we passed the 25% mark on funding over the weekend. But that means we still have a ways to go before hitting 100% of our goal and making Invisible Threads a reality.

Right now, Jason and I need you to help us out.

Tell your friends and family about this project.

Share the link to the Kickstarter on social media.

And if possible, please back Invisible Threads. We have backer rewards to fit every budget -- from $3 to get a personalize 'Thank you' postcard to $125 to get a short story critique from one of our amazing editors or contributors. With lots of backer tiers in between.

No matter what you what level you are able to contribute at, every little bit helps us get closer to our goal of making this anthology.

One of the amazing parts of this project is it allows us the opportunity to give marginalized authors the chance to not only write stories about the social, cultural, and economic barriers that exist in our society, but also gabe us a chance to ask if they would share their own stories. We're planning to include at least six essays from our contributors in the final anthology. Today, on the Apex blog, you can read author ZZ Claybourne essay about his experience in school as a young black kid. Read "Can You Articulate That" now.

Let's keep pushing forward and reach our goal! Back Invisible Threads today!

All the best,

Lesley Conner
Co-editor Invisible Threads

Don't Miss Out!

April is quickly coming to an end, but there's still time for you to take advantage of our 99 cent sale! Right now, you can get the eBook editions of The Lost Level by Brian Keene, Dark Faith edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon, Mars Girls by Mary Turzillo, Aetherchrist by Kirk Jones, and I Can Transform You by Maurice Broaddus for only 99 cents each!

These titles are available at this fantastic price directly through Apex, or through Kindle, Nook, DriveThruFiction, Kobo, and Google Play. But hurry! Our 99 cent sale ends April 30th!

Also ending soon is Lavie Tidhar's Best of British SFF Story Bundle. This bundle includes Apex's Coil by Ren Warom, as well as books by Justina Robson, Ian McDonald, Ian R. MacLead, E.J. Swift, and many more. There are only 4 days left to get this bundle, so head over and get your today!

Finally, don't forget to preorder your copy of The Grand Tour by E. Catherine Tobler. This is the first collection of Tobler's fantastic circus stories, giving you the perfect taste of Jackson's Unreal Circus and Mobile Marmalade.

The Grand Tour will make it's debut appearance this June, but you can order now and take advantage of Apex's awesome preorder deal.

The Indiana Author Awards!

The winners of the Indiana Author Awards were announced this morning and we are thrilled to say that Maurice Broaddus won the award for Best Genre Novel for Pimp My Airship! You can find the announcement with all the winners from each category here.

To celebrate this phenomenal achievement, we're running a sale on both print and digital copies of Pimp My Airship all month long! You can get the trade paperback edition for only $13.95 or the digital edition for $5.

Head over to the Apex store or to Amazon to get your copy at this fantastic price.

More about Pimp My Airship:

Warning:  Don’t Believe the Hype!

All the poet called Sleepy wants to do is spit his verses, smoke chiba, and stay off the COP’s radar—all of which becomes impossible once he encounters a professional protestor known as (120 Degrees of) Knowledge Allah. They soon find themselves on the wrong side of local authorities and have to elude the powers that be.

When young heiress Sophine Jefferson’s father is murdered, the careful life she’d been constructing for herself tumbles around her. She’s quickly drawn into a web of intrigue, politics and airships, joining with Sleepy and Knowledge Allah in a fight for their freedom. Chased from one end of a retro-fitted Indianapolis to the other, they encounter outlaws, the occasional circus, possibly a medium, and more outlaws. They find themselves in a battle much larger than they imagined: a battle for control of the country and the soul of their people.

The revolution will not be televised!

Get your copy of Pimp My Airship by Maurice Broaddus today!


 

New from Apex Publications!

We're pleased to announce the availability of a new feature in the Apex Book Store--Gift Cards!

A gift card is a great way to support a small business because it is an additional revenue stream but it also introduces the gift receiver to the products and offerings of the business. They're also delivered instantaneously, so if you're looking for an impressive gift at the last second, they can be a godsend.

On launch, we're offering cards in four different denominations: $10, $25, $50, and $100.

Gift cards are delivered by email and contain instructions to redeem them at checkout. Our gift cards have no additional processing fees.

Share your love of Apex books by picking up a gift card today!

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Coming June 16, 2020, preorders for The Grand Tour by E. Catherine Tobler are open now. Save by preordering your copy directly through Apex. We are offering the trade paperback edition for only $12 and the eBook edition for only $3. Or, if you missed out on Tobler's novella The Kraken Sea, bundle both of her Jackson's Unreal Circus books together and save even more! Head over to the Apex website to get your hands on the magic today!

The Grand Tour is also available for preorder through Amazon, B&N, Google Play, and Kobo.
 

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Apex wants to make sure that you have plenty to read while we are all doing our part to stop the spread of Covid-19 by staying home. Throughout the month of April, we are offering five titles for only 99 cents. Click on the links below to stock up and save!

MARS GIRLS by Mary Turzillo (YA science fiction novel)
DriveThruFiction | Apex | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Google

I CAN TRANSFORM YOU by Maurice Broaddus (dark SF novella)
DriveThruFiction | Apex | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Google

AETHERCHRIST by Kirk Jones (dark SF novella)
DriveThruFiction | Apex | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Google

THE LOST LEVEL by Brian Keene (lost world fantasy novel)
DriveThruFiction | Apex | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Google

DARK FAITH ed. by Maurice Broaddus & Jerry Gordon (dark fantasy & horror anthology)
DriveThruFiction | Apex | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Google
 

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Best British SFF StoryBundle

Finally, author and editor Lavie Tidhar teamed up with StoryBundle to curate a bundle he's calling Best British SFF. Apex is thrilled that Coil by Ren Warom has been included in this bundle along with luminaries like Ian McDonald and Justina Robson.

In total, the bundle includes 10 books and you get to pick your price and how much goes to the authors. Head over to StoryBundle to see a full list of the titles included.

New Rewards and a Giveaway!

There are only eight days left in the Invisible Threads Kickstarter. As of this moment, we are at $7,575, which is 37% of our goal. We have a steep hill to climb, but here's the thing -- Kickstarters routinely fund via a groundswell of community support during the last week of a project.

So how can you help? Help us spread the news. Now through tomorrow morning, we're running a giveaway for one hardcover UK edition of Alix E. Harrow's The Ten Thousand Doors of January. This lovely book will be signed by the author. If you want a chance to win, head over to Twitter and retweet this tweet. One winner will be randomly chosen tomorrow morning. This giveaway is open to those within the US and internationally.

We're hoping to get a thousand retweets to help spread the news of our project beyond those who follow Apex Book Company, Jason, and Lesley on Twitter. If you're on Twitter, give us a retweet and possibly win something awesome!

If you've been eyeing the short story critiques on the Kickstarter, but were hesitant because $125 was a bit over your budget, you're in luck! Lesley Conner is offering 10 mini-short story critiques. You still get the full review and critique treatment, but this level is good for stories up to 4,000 words. So if you have a shorter story that has been giving you fits or if you are curious what a professional editor has to say about your work, this is a great opportunity to snag a critique.

If you haven't yet, back Invisible Threads on Kickstarter today!

Spooky Savings
and Holiday Horrors

October brings with it cooler weather, falling leaves, pumpkin spice everything, and Halloween. It is the perfect time to snuggle under a blanket and read a few spooky books. If you are looking for the perfect scary read to help you get into the Halloween spirit, look no further!

All month long you can save 25% on Apex's most frightening titles! This sale includes Aetherchrist by Kirk Jones, Appalachian Undead edited by Jason Sizemore and Eugene Johnson, Desper Hollow by Elizabeth Massie, Entertaining Demons by Daniel I. Russell, Like Death and Some Kind of Monster by Tim Waggoner, Ration by Cody Luff, Snow Over Utopia by Rudolfo A. Serna, and The Wicked by James Newman.

Whether you are looking for short fiction, novellas, or novels, zombies or demons, classic horror or something a little stranger, we have you covered.

Head over to the Apex store to save 25% off all these titles and spend October with Apex.
 

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Looking to do more than just read some horror fiction? How about writing it?

Apex Magazine is bringing back it's popular Holiday Horrors flash fiction competition! Maximum limit of 250 words. Guest judge Mike Allen.

Submissions for the Holiday Horrors competition open today October 1st and close on November 15th.

You can find all the details, including the theme and submission guidelines, and a link to submit here: https://apex-magazine.com/our-holiday-horrors-flash-fiction-contest-returns/

Some Kind of Monster

Apex Publications latest release, Some Kind of Monster by Tim Waggoner, is available now! In this stunning horror novella, Waggoner runs toward the darkness rather than away, making his readers question who the real monster is.

You can buy your copy of Some Kind of Monster directly from Apex, or through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, or Google Play.

Apex has the option to buy this title bundled with Tim Waggoner's other Apex release Like Death for only $6 for digital or $20 for trade paperback. A fantastic deal for two truly gruesome reads!

More about Some Kind of Monster:

Throughout her life, Angie has lost loved ones to stupid, meaningless deaths. As an adult she beings researching urban legends, hoping to find proof that something exists beyond our mundane world. Is there magic? Is there existence beyond this life? Is there any kind of meaning to it all - even if that meaning is a dark one? In the end, Angie will get her answer, and she'll learn that reality isn't just darker than she thinks: It's some kind of monster.

Time Is Running Out!

October is quickly coming to an end, and with it, many exciting deals Apex is running are coming to a close!

Still looking for the perfect Halloween read? Apex is offering 25% off some of our scariest books now through the end of the month.

Shop our Spooky October Sale here!

The sale includes books by Tim Waggoner, Elizabeth Massie, Michael Wehunt, Kristi DeMeester, James Newman, and many more! Save 25% off either the print or digital editions, and spend your Halloween with Apex!

While you're at the Apex site, check out The Zombie Feed Volume 1 edited by Jason Sizemore and Disintegration Visions by J.M. McDermott. Both books are going out of print at the end of the month. If you're missing either of these titles from your Apex library, now is the time to get them before they are gone forever!

Finally, time is running out to submit to Apex Magazine's Holiday Horrors Flash Fiction Contest! Guest judged by Mike Allen, this contest is the perfect time for you to show us your flashy skills. We're looking for winter holiday themed flash fiction that is 250 words or less. The winning piece will be published in Apex Magazine. Submissions are open through November 15th. For all the details and the link to submit, go here.

18 Days To Go!

We launched the Kickstarter to fund Apex Magazine in 2021 on July 20th, and had an unbelievably amazing first day - funding issue 121 and 122 and hitting our Kickstarter goal in less than 6 hours! Since then, we have hit our first two stretch goals, guaranteeing the publication of issue 123 and 124, plus unlocked several milestones giving bonus content to all our Kickstarter backers. But we aren't stopping here!

We have 18 days left in the Apex Magazine Kickstarter campaign and in that time we hope to fund not only all of 2021, but a special issue featuring Indigenous & Native Fantasists and a special issue featuring International Fantasists. You can help us do this by backing our Kickstarter. Whether you back at the $5 level to receive issue 121, the $25 level to subscribe to all 6 issues coming in 2021, or one of our higher level tiers, you are helping us fund the future of Apex Magazine. 
 

Apex Magazine - Ready to Relaunch!

In less than a week, the Kickstarter to help fund Apex Magazine's relaunch will begin. This Kickstarter is crucial for us to be able to go forward with plans to relaunch the magazine beginning in January. If we meet our goal, it will secure funds for the first two issues of 2021, with subsequent issues being funded through stretch goals.

To make sure you don't miss the start of the Kickstarter and keep track of our progress, hit the "Notify me on launch" button on our pre-launch page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/apexpublications/apex-magazine-2021

In preparation for the Apex Magazine Kickstarter and relaunch with new issues beginning in January, we have redesigned our entire website. A lot of time and work has gone into our redesign, and we are really proud of it. If you haven't had a chance yet, head over to https://apex-magazine.com/  to check out our new look.

Last Chance to Save!

Cyber Monday is here and with it is the last chance to take advantage of Apex's Black Friday deals.

Sales run until 8am EST Tuesday December 1st. After that, they are gone for another year. Save on everything from print editions, to eBooks, to all things Apex Magazine - including subscriptions!

Save 20% off all Apex print titles with discount code BLACKFRIDAY2020-PRINT.

Save 50% off all Apex eBooks with discount code  BLACKFRIDAY2020-EBOOK.

Save 20% off everything in the Apex Magazine store with discount code BUNDLEUP2020.

If you've been considering picking up a subscription to Apex Magazine for 2021, now is the time to get it.

This is your last chance to take advantage of the best deals Apex is offering this year. Don't miss it!
 

The Circus is in Town!

Today's the day! The Grand Tour by E. Catherine Tobler is here!

"Readers looking for a dreamlike diversion will find plenty to hold their interest"
- Publisher's Weekly

Step right up! Come one, come all, to Jackson's Unreal Circus and Mobile Marmalade. The steam train may look older than your great-grandmother's' china, but within her metal corridors are destinations you have only ever dreamed. They're real, friends, each and every one—and yours for the taking.

Witness Rabi, Vanquisher and Vanisher Extraordinaire, who can make coins and the past vanish before your very eyes. Dare to visit the Beauty and the Beast, our conjoined twins who are terrible and tortured by turns. Sample Beth's marmalade, the sticky sweetness containing the very memory of the day you turned sixteen, and your beloved's lips touched yours once and never again.It's worth the price, traveler. Jackson's Unreal Circus is where you can be whoever or whatever you want. Whether it be a ride on the Ferris wheel, slipping inside a skin that is not your own, or the opportunity to live as you never have before—it is all possible on this, the grandest of tours. The train beckons you—come, come!

For the first time, E. Catherine Tobler has compiled a collection of her popular circus stories. With nine stories ranging from the first publishing within this universe to a previously unpublished piece, this is your ticket to her magical world. Welcome to The Grand Tour.

Buy your copy of The Grand Tour direct from Apex, or through Amazon, B&N, Book Depository, Google Play, or Kobo.

Contains the following destinations:
"Vanishing Act"
"Artificial Nocturne"
"We, As One, Trailing Embers"
"Liminal"
"Blow the Moon Out"
"Ebb Stung by the Flow"
"Lady Marmalade"
"Every Season" (original to this collection)
"Inland Territory; Stray Italian Greyhound"

Also features a special introduction by Hugo-nominated author A.C. Wise! Includes interior accompanying art by Tressina Bowling.

Cover art by Cyril Rolando.

ISBN (TPB) 978-1-937009-81-6

204 pages

Support Apex Book Company

As every small business can attest to sales have slowed to a trickle what with *gestures at the world* everything going on. But hope is not lost.

The wonderful folks at GoFundMe, Yelp, and Intuit Quickbooks created the Small Business Relief Initiative to aid small businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. They’ve committed to matching $500 of any small business campaign that can raise at least $500. 

This initiative is a ray of hope for many small businesses, including us. A potential $1,000 would help us fill the gaps caused from recent sluggish sales, allow us to keep our production plans for future publications on track, and provide a bit of cushion for the coming months.

We know we are not alone in needing help during this global time of crisis. Your support in spreading the word of this campaign and your generosity, even $1, help us keep pushing and fighting to make a difference.

As of this morning, we have already raised $264 towards this goal. With your help, we will hit that $500 mark. Go here to make a donation.

Thank you lovely readers for being a part of the Apex family! Together we can do anything.

Six Days to Go!

There are only six days remaining in the Invisible Threads Kickstarter and we're offering a new giveaway for those who help spread the news of this new anthology.

We're giving away one signed copy of Buffalo Soldier by Maurice Broaddus. To enter, all you need to do is retweet the tweet linked here. We will randomly draw the winner tomorrow at noon EST. This giveaway is open to everyone, US and international, so don't miss out! Give us a retweet and help us find new people to back Invisible Threads.

With less than a week to go, the Invisible Threads Kickstarter is currently at $8,315, which is 41% of our goal. If you haven't backed yet, now would be a fantastic time to show us your support.

Black Friday Starts Now!

We're pulling out the Black Friday sales early this year to help you find the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday gift giving list.

Sales run from now until 8am EST Tuesday December 1st. Save on everything from print editions, to eBooks, to all things Apex Magazine - including subscriptions!

Save 20% off all Apex print titles with discount code BLACKFRIDAY2020-PRINT.

Save 50% off all Apex eBooks with discount code  BLACKFRIDAY2020-EBOOK.

Save 20% off everything in the Apex Magazine store with discount code BUNDLEUP2020.

If you've been considering picking up a subscription to Apex Magazine for 2021, now is the time to get it.

The pandemic has been hard on all of us, especially small businesses like Apex. We would be extremely grateful if you would choose to do some of your holiday shopping with us, so that we can all go into 2021 stronger.

Some Kind of Monster by Tim Waggoner

Tim Waggoner's horror novella Some Kind of Monster is available for preorder. We're offering it at a special price for preorders only and also in an exclusive bundle with his novel Like Death.

You can preorder your copy of Some Kind of Monster directly from Apex here.

Also available for order from the following:

KINDLE | NOOK | KOBO | PLAY

Publication Date: August 25th, 2020
Pages: 88
ISBN (tpb): 978-1937009823
Cover art by Vicki Leversedge

More about Some Kind of Monster:

Throughout her life, Angie has lost loved ones to stupid, meaningless deaths. As an adult she beings researching urban legends, hoping to find proof that something exists beyond our mundane world. Is there magic? Is there existence beyond this life? Is there any kind of meaning to it all - even if that meaning is a dark one? In the end, Angie will get her answer, and she'll learn that reality isn't just darker than she thinks: It's some kind of monster.

Read an excerpt of this creepy novella here, and then head over to the Apex website to preorder your copy today!
 

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Exciting news about the Apex Magazine Kickstarter! We hit our initial goal - funding issues 121 and 122 - in a little over 5 hours! This is absolutely stunning and we're still in a state of amazement!

Over the course of the next 28 days, we're hoping to raise additional funds to unlock stretch goals and guarantee the publication of additional issues of Apex Magazine. We've already hit our first stretch goal to fund issue 123! Head over to the Kickstarter page to back this project.

Since we have hit our Kickstarter goal, Apex Magazine is now open to short fiction submissions. If you have a story that you feel would be a perfect fit for Apex Magazine, send it our way! You can find the link to submit your story and full submission guidelines here.

45 Hours to Go!

When we launched the Invisible Threads Kickstarter a little over 29 days ago, there was no way for us to know what our world would look like today. The project started out strong and I felt - no, I knew! - that we would be successful! That by this point in the Kickstarter, we would be trying to unlock a few more stretch goals to make the anthology even more amazing.

Sometimes what we know doesn't turnout to be so. In less than a month, our world has been turned upside down by a virus we're still grappling to understand. Many people are sick. Many are out of work as businesses shut down. People are scared.

As of right now, the Invisible Threads Kickstarter is at $9,401, which is 47% of our goal. I want to hope that a miracle will happen and there will be an influx of support and we'll pull this out at the last moment, but honestly, that is hard to believe.

Jason Sizemore and I have poured ourselves into this anthology over the past months, and seeing it struggle - and most likely fail - in part due to something so unforeseeable is hard. It really is.

But we still have 45 hours. Today is Jason Sizemore's birthday. If you can, back the Invisible Threads Kickstarter to help wish him a happy birthday. Even now, with only hours left in our campaign, I can't help but hope that we will get there.
 

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In 1991, a young writer named Michael A. Burstein saw his first work of short fiction published in Analog. This story, "TeleAbsence", was a prescient piece of science fiction about the accessibility challenges of living in a digitally connect world. With the internet being a major part of our lives these days, it is easy to forget that such ideas were groundbreaking in 1995. "TeleAbsence" earned Michael a Hugo Award nomination in 1996 for Best Short Story.

Apex reprinted it in Michael's collection I Remember the Future: The Award-Nominated Stories of Michael A. Burstein. 

With the Covid-19 pandemic forcing many students and workers to employ remote work and remote learning, Michael and Apex thought it would nice to share one writer's vision of the technology from 25 years ago. You can read "TeleAbsence" on the Apex blog now.
 

We're down to the last week!

We're down to the final week of the Apex Magazine Kickstarter and it is time for a last push!

As of this update we're $583 away from being funded for all of 2021. Once we hit that goal, we have our eyes on the grand prize: two incredible special issues of Apex Magazine.

• $26,250: A Special Indigenous & Native Fantasists issue
• $30,000: A Special International Fantasists in focus issue

We hope to announce who will edit our Indigenous & Native Fantasists issues tomorrow.

Updated Rewards!

We've added a new backer reward that might interest the nonfiction writers out there. Editor Shana DuBois is offering three critiques of up to 7,500 words at the $75 level for essays and other nonfiction content.

For the writers, editors Jason Sizemore and Lesley Conner are offering 5 additional story critiques.

Maurice Broaddus is offering several more bundles of his signed books.

We're working on a handful of new rewards to help us reach our stretch goals. Announcements forthcoming.

Editors Q&A

Thank you to the many people who watched our Apex Magazine Editors Livestream Q&A. It is available for viewing at the Apex Magazine YouTube page. Here's a direct link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOoYzqcy4MM

There are 7 days remaining in the Apex Magazine Kickstarter. If you haven't backed our campaign yet, now would be the perfect time to do so to help us reach for are stretch goals! Head over to Kickstarter now to back our campaign!
 

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Some Kind of Monster

Tim Waggoner's horror novella Some Kind of Monster will be released August 25th. You can preorder now and snag the trade paperback edition for only $8!
Or bundle it with Tim's other Apex title Like Death for only $20. Digital preorders are also available!

Head over to the Apex store to order your copy today!

Throughout her life, Angie has lost loved ones to stupid, meaningless deaths. As an adult she beings researching urban legends, hoping to find proof that something exists beyond our mundane world. Is there magic? Is there existence beyond this life? Is there any kind of meaning to it all - even if that meaning is a dark one? In the end, Angie will get her answer, and she'll learn that reality isn't just darker than she thinks: It's some kind of monster.

11 Days To Go!

There are 11 days to go in the Invisible Threads Kickstarter. 11 days to fund this anthology that will explore the barriers that hold us back and keep us from reaching our true potential.

At this moment, we are at $6,426 - 32% of our funding goal. We still have a long way to go, but we are hopeful.

Click here to back Invisible Threads on Kickstarter now.

Editors Jason Sizemore and Lesley Conner believe that this book and theme will have important things to say. To illustrate that, they have posted two of the essays that will appear in the book on the Apex website. If you missed them, please take chance to read "Late Bloomer" by K.T. Bryski and "Can You Articulate That" by ZZ Claybourne now. They are full of feelings and thoughts that may reflect your own or give you a peek at the struggles others face. Either way, they are worth reading.

As an added incentive to back Invisible Threads, we will be giving free digital copies of Apex Magazine issue 114 to the first 400 backers. This issues includes Invisible Threads contributor Sabrina Vourvoulias's story "Toward a New Lexicon of Augury." It also includes short fiction by Gary A. Braunbeck, Storm Humbert, and Gary Kloster, as well as nonfiction by Paul Jessup.

Backing Invisible Threads is easy. While you could pick one of the many unique and cool backer rewards still available, you can also back at level that just gets you the book. It's like preordering, and let's us know this is a project you support. For $5, you can back at the level that gets you the eBook edition in PDF, ePub, and mobi formats. For $15, you can back at the level that gets you the trade paperback and eBook editions, as well as a Kickstarter exclusive Invisible Threads sticker.

There's no risk to you. If our project doesn't meet our funding goals, you will never be charged. But if we do meet our goal, you'll receive a copy of Invisible Threads, as well as any other backer rewards you selected, and you'll know that you helped get us where we need to be.

If you would like to see Invisible Threads become a reality, back our Kickstarter today.
 

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Apex Books stands in unity and support of the #blacklivesmatter movement. We praise those protesting the injustice and inequalities prevalent in our society.

The change you fight for is important. And we salute you for taking the fight to them.

For the duration of June, all profits from the direct sales of our resistance anthology DO NOT GO QUIETLY will be donated to #blacklivesmatter.

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