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Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest | 
| Publisher: Apex Publications Llc
Buy New: $20.00
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1699
Format: Magazine Subscription
Type: Trade magazine
Subscription Issues: 4
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 4
First Issue Lead Time: 12-16 Weeks
ASIN: B000F5FR58
Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 4 months
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Product Description
Brings & binds & offers up an international collection of science horror from the dark corners of the world. The glossy cover, book reviews, and genre interviews add leavening to the brew, but make no mistake: Apex Digest straddles the genre world with one foot in blood and the other in Strontium
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Great Magazine. April 20, 2008
James Hall (Garden City Michigan)
Apex is the perfect blend of Horror and Sci -fi. My first issue was fantastic!
Apex January 6, 2007
Sara Genge (Spain)
Definitively worth it. Wide range of stories in the SF-horror genre from pros and newcomers alike. The quality of the stories more than makes up for the interior art. The cover art, however, is great.
The Apex of Science Fiction Horror August 13, 2006
James Beach (Longview, WA - USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A great magazine that keeps getting better as time goes on. I have watched it from the start and have continued to be impressed by Editor Jason Sizemore's growing tome to the darker side of Sci-Fi. With solid Interviews and strong fiction by established pros like William F. Nolan, Ben Bova, Tom Piccirilli, Neil Gaiman and Brian Keene and talented newcomers like Bryn Sparks, Jenifer Pelland, and Eugie Foster you can't miss with this one!
 The product is greater than the sum of its parts May 27, 2005
C. Bryn Sparks (New Zealand)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
John Clute's popular Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia opens a discussion on genre magazines with:When we say PULP we may be describing a category of magazine, smaller than most of today's glossy magazines, [...] and generally devoted to fiction. [...] The format is now history, but pulp stories are still written.
-John CluteJason Sizemore's first issue of Apex Digest is a magazine smaller than most of today's glossy magazines, and is entirely devoted to fiction. The physical presentation of Apex Digest determined by Sizemore might or might not have been chosen to evoke a morphic resonance with the magazine's spiritual ancestors, but the effect is achieved nonetheless.
Within the gloss covers (preceeding comments regarding format notwithstanding) Sizemore presents ten short stories in the first 87 pages; and in the remaining 14 pages he delivers four book reviews, an essay, an interview, and a flashfic endpiece. The black and white graphics achieve a sense of consistency throughout, and the advertising is unobtrusive.
The overall style speaks to Sizemore's vision of a professional quality small press genre offering that has both physical and market substance. His interview with Project Pulp's John Hodges is insightful and thought-provoking and worth the cover price for genre hopefulls wanting to benefit from Hodges' considerable market experience.
But what about the stories? One contributon certainly hits the mark of Sizemore's stated aim to deliver 'dark' SF, and two more are close. Allergies by short fiction newcomer Christine W. Murphy tells the story of an itinerant security worker desperately trying to keep one space-station ahead of the secret of her weakness in a synthetic society. The run-of-the-mill situation is written well and easy to read. And that easiness is used to good effect as the story slides effortlessly to a disturbing conclusion. The secret, when revealed, is anti-climactic: the disturbing situation in which the protagonist finds herself is made all the more disturbing by her obliviously focusing on the 'official' denoument. The casual reader could be forgiven for making the same mistake.
Liam Rands's story His Cross to Bear is a thoughtful examination of society's response to crime (including crimes of ommission) told from the point of view of a man being kept alive while crucified on the outskirts of an interplanetary colony. Halfway through, Rands subtly turns his focus, and explores personal altruism. Although well-written and certainly a dark situation on the face of it, the story's conclusion (while satisfying) somewhat robs the piece of the degree of darkness Sizemore appears to be working towards.
Similarly, Lawrence M. Schoen's contribution The conservation of Thelos ended on too wholesome a note to fully realise the full potential of his engaging elemental protagonist. Instead of becoming the Gully Foyle (of Bester's Tiger! Tiger! (Stars my Destination in USA release)) suggested at the outset, Schoen's anti-hero becomes whole and healed, but only through exposure to a more terrible anger than his own. There is a lesson contained therein, but the story's contribution to Apex Digest's overall mood of darkness is made a little less than it might otherwise have been with a different ending.
The other stories are all written well enough, but none stand out quite like the three already mentioned, particularly in the context of a dark SF publication.
Overall, Apex Digest is a product greater than the sum of its parts. Good stories, good reviews (and essay), a great interview all add up to a top notch debut. But most of all, Sizemore's vision promises future editions will build on this good start.
Addendum: Apex Digest has a lively and useful support website with an online edition (different than the print publication) and discussion forum and more. (...)
Great for any Science Fiction / Horror fan! May 23, 2005
Raymond B. Rice (Orlando, FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this "magazine". It's really more of a book with several short stories than just a magazine! The stories really make you think. The very first story puts you in the classic "what if" scenario, which leads to an unexpected conclusion. "The Throne Room" really made me wonder if something like that could really be true, although it is (hopefully) too far fetched. All in all, this is a good read and well worth the nominal cost. I've heard that Orson Scott Card and Ray Bradbury may be featured in future editions. I'm glad I got a subscription now! I actually liked the artwork in the mag and think it was appropriate for the stories they were associated with. For the first issue of a new magazine, it is put together very well and is presented very professionally. I would recommend Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest to all true fans!
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