In other exciting news, the Best of Apex Digest 2006 has come out.

Enjoy eight of the best stories published by Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest during 2006. Picked by the Apex editors, these stories exemplify the quality and content that makes Apex Digest such a unique presence in the genre.

As a bonus, each story is preceded by an appreciation from an Apex editor or from an editor of other popular genre magazines.

Approximately 112 pages, this title is only available through the Apex Shopping Mall.
Table of Contents (editor appreciation in parentheses)
”Starfish” by Steve Parker (Gill Ainsworth)
”Queen of Stars” by Bryn Sparks (Jodi Lee)
”Blood Baby” by Jennifer Pelland (Deb Taber)
”Cerbo en Vitra ujo” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Alethea Kontis)
”Indigestion” by Robby Sparks (Bailey Hunter – Dark Recesses)
”That Old Sandlands Fever” by Douglas Warrick (Mari Adkins)
”How to Raise a Human” by Deb Taber (Beth Wodzinski – Shimmer Magazine)
”Genesis Six” by Shane Jiraiya Cummings (James Beach – Dark Discoveries)

That’s right, we don’t yet have internet at the apartment. We get it next Friday, you know, while I’m away at Readercon. Until then, postings will be somewhat sporadic I’m afraid.

We spent yesterday cleaning and unpacking. The bedroom is assembled and has no boxes. Yay! Rob has disassembled the stove and is deep cleaning it. It’s a nice old Welbilt, which has thirty plus years of grease buildup on it. We shudder.

The living room is starting to emerge from the chaos of boxes, but it will take awhile.

I have to give a huuuuuuge thank you to Emily, Jodi and my brother, Steve, for their help moving us in.

Here are some photos from moving day.

Arrival in NYC

I’m headed to Readercon next weekend and just got my schedule.

Friday 1:30 PM. Reading (30 min.)
Mary Robinette Kowal reads “Body Language.”

Friday 4:00 PM. Talk / Discussion ( 60 min.)
Remember to Breathe: The Secrets Behind Great Public Readings.

You may be a good writer, but reading aloud is a separate skill. Learn to make your words sound as great out loud as they do on the page. Using both demonstration and audience participation, we will explore voicing, narration and pacing.

Friday 6:00 PM. Panel
Hunted Jaguars: Fiction In Another Land.
* Leader (Participant / Moderator) *
Paul Di Filippo, Mary Robinette Kowal (L), Shariann Lewitt, Paul Park, Lucius Shepard

Much memorable speculative fiction has been set either in the developing world or in an obviously fantasticated version of it. These stories are attractive to writers and readers for a number of different reasons. Our panelists talk about the genesis of these stories and their motivations for using such a setting.