Following their publication of his first collection, Apex Book Company is announcing that author Michael A. Burstein will guest edit the April issue of their Apex Magazine. And in honor of the collection’s title, I Remember the Future, the April issue “will be a special one devoted to the concept of how the future will remember the past.”
Apex Magazine‘s publisher and editor-in-chief Jason Sizemore said “Ever since we published Michael’s collection, we’ve been hoping that he could find the time to edit an issue. Michael’s looking for stories that evoke the same themes that tie his own stories together, such as the slipperiness of history and the dangers of forgetting the past.”
Burstein will be reading for the issue from 15 January to 15 March. He said, “I want to thank Apex for this opportunity to edit an issue of the magazine. I’m looking forward to seeing the stories come in, and I’m hoping for some powerful ones that will stay with me for a long time.”
Standard submission guidelines, available on this page, apply. Submissions for the April issue should have the words “SPECIAL ISSUE” in the Subject line. Burstein will be looking for dark science fiction stories devoted to the concept of memory, including the slipperiness of history and the dangers of forgetting the past. Payment will be at the usual rate of 5 cents per word. Submissions should be sent “to our standard submission address. Our slush wrangler will forward all SPECIAL ISSUE submissions to Michael.”
Burstein is also interested in short poems (devoted to the theme). They’ll be paying $5 per poem. Also, submissions for the special issue sent outside the reading period will be deleted unread.