Publisher Jason Sizemore writes to tell us the May 2010 issue of Apex Magazine has been published. As usual, contents of the magazine are available for free on the web site, but they’re hoping you’ll want to buy a physical or downloadable copy.
Contents of the May issue include:
Original Fiction:
“The Last Stand of the Ant Maker” by Paul Jessup
“City of Refuge” by Jerry Gordon
Audio Fiction:
“City of Refuge” by Jerry Gordon, read by Maurice Broaddus
Interview:
“Dark Faith Roundtable: Jay Lake, Gary A. Braunbeck, Nick Mamatas, and Catherynne M. Valente”
Concurrent with the release of this issue comes the publication of Dark Faith, Apex’s “anthology of dark fantasy and horror examining spirituality, faith, and gender issues.”
Contents of the anthology (the cover art is by Edith Walter) include:
“The Story of Belief-Non” by Linda D. Addison (poem)
“Ghosts of New York” by Jennifer Pelland
“I Sing a New Psalm” by Brian Keene
“He Who Would Not Bow” by Wrath James White
“Zen and the Art of Gordon Dratch’s Damnation” by Douglas F. Warrick
“Go and Tell It on the Mountain” by Kyle S. Johnson
“Different from Other Nights” by Eliyanna Kaiser
“Lilith” by Rain Graves (poem)
“The Last Words of Dutch Schultz Jesus Christ” by Nick Mamatas
“To the Jerusalem Crater” by Lavie Tidhar
“Chimeras & Grotesqueries” by Matt Cardin
“You Dream” by Ekaterina Sedia
“Mother Urban’s Booke of Dayes” by Jay Lake
“The Mad Eyes of the Heron King” by Richard Dansky
“Paint Box, Puzzle Box” by D.T. Friedman
“A Loss For Words” by J.C. Hay
“Scrawl” by Tom Piccirilli
“C{her}ry Carvings” by Jennifer Baumgartner (poem)
“Good Enough” by Kelli Dunlap
“First Communions” by Geoffrey Girard
“The God of Last Moments” by Alethea Kontis
“Ring Road” by Mary Robinette Kowal
“The Unremembered” by Chesya Burke
“Desperata” by Lon Prater (poem)
“The Choir” by Lucien Soulban
“Days of Flaming Motorcycles” by Catherynne M. Valente
“Miz Ruthie Pays Her Respects” by Lucy A. Snyder
“Paranoia” by Kurt Dinan (poem)
“Hush” by Kelly Barnhill
“Sandboys” by Richard Wright
“For My Next Trick I’ll Need a Volunteer” by Gary A. Braunbeck