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Alastair named best Supernatural villain!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:00 +0000

The Yellow-Eyed Demon, Azazel, voted into second place.

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Merlin: The Lady of the Lake (series 2, episode 9)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:23:00 +0000

Merlin falls in love with a cursed Druid girl.

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The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Gift Part Two (series 3, episode 12)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:59:00 +0000

A fairly ordinary end to season 3.

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The Cardinal’s Blades

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:21:00 +0000

Pierre Pevel’s fantasy adventure about a team of musketeers.

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Everywhere, like quicksilver — Part 1

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:05:35 +0000

by Jason Sizemore Apex editors and authors are all over the Internet. We have blogs, websites, and Twitter accounts. Occasionally, we’ll say something funny or interesting. For example, just this morning I was stopped at a red light on the drive to the day job and randomly tweeted “Red lights can bite my butt.” See what you’re missing? Today, I’ll list places where you find Apex editors on Twitter and Facebook. Twitter: Jason Sizemore - @apexjason Jennifer Brozek - @jenniferbrozek Chris Einhaus - @chriseinhaus Sarah Brandel - @initialdescent Justin Stewart - @justin3000 Apex Book Company - @apexbookcompany Mari Adkins - @mariadkins Facebook: Apex Publications Chris Einhaus Deb Taber Jennifer Brozek Justin Stewart Mari Adkins Sarah Brandel Maggie Jamison I apologize if I’ve missed any of you.

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Sacred Scars

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:44:00 +0000

The second in Kathleen Duey’s Resurrection of Magic trilogy.

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Paranormal Activity

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:10:00 +0000

A couple try to capture video evidence of a haunting.

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NBC teams Chuck and Heroes for 2010

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:09:00 +0000

Lost takes Tuesday nights

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King and Spielberg team up for Under the Dome

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:05:00 +0000

Miniseries based on latest bestseller.

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Apex Magazine seeks Poetry Editor

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:15:44 +0000

by Jason Sizemore We recently published a poem titled “ After, Thoughts–A Pantoum ” by John C. Hay that drew some praise that landed in my inbox from fans. Granted, these emails were from fans of poetry who were happy to see another genre publication printing poetry (but it is a great poem!). Their encouragement has inspired me to start publishing a poem or two per issue of Apex Magazine . But there’s a catch! I am no poetry editor. Neither is Deb Taber, Gill Ainsworth, Jennifer Brozek, Maggie Jamison, or Sarah Brandel. Mari Adkins knows poetry, but she’s only interested in the kind that is written while dressed in goth clothing during Samhain. This means I’m looking for a poetry editor to join our team. Naturally, this work would be on a voluntary basis. At least, until somebody figures out how to get wealthy publishing an online ‘zine and making it such that we can pay our dedicated minions. I’l be accepting applications over the next ...

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The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Gift Part One (series 3, episode 11)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:29:00 +0000

Two Slitheen are seen off by two Blathereen.

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Memorabilia 2009 hits NEC Birmingham

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:46:00 +0000

Event on 21-22 November features Mary McDonnell, Mitch Pileggi and more.

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Avatar's Worthington signs up for Last Days of American Crime

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:48:00 +0000

Mind control technology to outlaw crime

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Potter producer Di Bonaventura purchases Alchemyst

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:47:00 +0000

Michael Scott's Nicholas Flamel series.

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Robert V.S. Redick: Fantastic Voyage

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:37:00 +0000

The author on his nautical fantasy series, The Chathrand Voyage.

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HED: Human cloning? I’m down with that.

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:48:46 +0000

by J.C. Hutchins A few weeks ago, my high-tech thriller 7th Son: Descent was released by St. Martin’s Press. In its opening pages, a four-year-old boy assassinates the U.S. president…and after that, it’s a deep-sea dive into government conspiracies, computer hacking, five-minutes-into-the-future technologies and lots of automatic gunfire. It’s mostly about cloning. Seven men discover that they’re unwitting participants in a human cloning experiment. Their flesh and childhood memories–recordings, transferred from a digital storage system to their blank cloned brains–hail from someone else. When I was writing 7th Son: Descent , I thought a lot about human cloning. The science, the legality, the ethics, the dilemma. Should science go there? (If it hasn’t already, that is.) Should we let it? I pondered the far-off technology of recording human memories, storing them as digital data, and dumping them into blank minds. Should we embrace such ...

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Top 10 Knights in Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:51:00 +0000

Oh, what a Knight. What a lady. What a Knight.

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Ice

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:47:00 +0000

A girl falls in love with a polar bear. These things happen…

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Terminator Salvation

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:55:00 +0000

It’s judgement day for McG’s entry in the robo-killer franchise.

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Odyssey Writing Workshop’s 15th Summer Session

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:37:22 +0000

ODYSSEY WRITING WORKSHOP ANNOUNCES ITS 15th SUMMER SESSION About Odyssey Since its inception in 1996, Odyssey has become one of the most respected workshops in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror writing community. Odyssey is for developing writers whose work is approaching publication quality and for published writers who want to improve their work. The six-week workshop combines an intensive learning and writing experience with in-depth feedback on student manuscripts. Top authors, editors, and agents have served as guest lecturers, including George R. R. Martin, Harlan Ellison, Jane Yolen, Terry Brooks, Robert J. Sawyer, Ben Bova, Nancy Kress, Elizabeth Hand, Jeff VanderMeer, Donald Maass, Sheila Williams, Shawna McCarthy, Carrie Vaughn, and Dan Simmons. Fifty-three percent of Odyssey graduates go on to professional publication. The program is held every summer on Saint Anselm College’s beautiful campus in Manchester, NH. Saint Anselm is ...

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Rupert Young: Knight Moves

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:20:00 +0000

The actor on joining the cast of Merlin as Sir Leon.

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:14:00 +0000

The second in Stephanie Meyer’s bestselling series.

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The Punisher joins Thor's posse

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:08:00 +0000

But Chuck's Zachary Levi has to bow out

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Buffy Season Eight motion comic confirmed

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:03:00 +0000

Based on Eisner Award winning series

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Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:48:00 +0000

The bits that David Starkey’s Monarchy left out…

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Martin Eden: “It’s Eastenders meets Watchmen…”

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:28:00 +0000

The writer/artist on his vibrant new superhero comic, Spandex.

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Tapping returns to Stargate Universe

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:18:00 +0000

Reprises role as Sam Carter in season finale

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20,000 Leagues remake stalled

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:17:00 +0000

Disney puts McG movie on indefinite hold

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Roland Emmerich planning two Independence Day sequels

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:12:00 +0000

Director talks of plans for ID4-ever

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Ronald Emmerich planning two Independence Day sequels

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:12:00 +0000

Director talks of plans for ID4-ever

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Tennant: “Russell T Davies is the best writer in television”

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:09:00 +0000

Tennant didn't offer advice to Davies over Who scripts

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Tennant: “Russell T. Davies is the best writer in television”

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:09:00 +0000

Tennant didn't offer advice to Davies over Who scripts

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True Blood Actor: “I was a little bit slighted being on the backburner this season”

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:07:00 +0000

Ellis talks about potential romance for Lafayette.

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Star Wars: Death Troopers

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:15:00 +0000

Joe Schreiber’s Star Wars horror tale.

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Edward Woodward dies aged 79

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:57:00 +0000

The Wicker Man and 1990 actor passes away.

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Abrams bows out of Dark Tower films

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:19:00 +0000

Bad Robot not continuing with King adaptation

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Friday the 13th sequel to end franchise?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:17:00 +0000

Claims that 2010 movie will finally kill Voorhees

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Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:30:00 +0000

The Doctor fights a water-based alien and time itself.

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Author Jeffrey Thomas on PRIME: “thought-provoking”

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:31:16 +0000

Author Jeffrey Thomas ( BLUE WAR , PUNKTOWN ) has posted his review of Nate Kenyon’s novella PRIME ! Here’s a clip: “ I purchased this book at a signing I did on Halloween at Borders in Shrewsbury, MA, with Nate and some other local horror writers. Nate seems like a calm, confident guy, very pleasant. What initially drew me to this book, the first I’ve read by him, is the striking cover art I show above, by Russian artist Katja Faith. Her work has a wonderful sense of luminosity. Gorgeous stuff. See the link to her gallery, below. The novella is a bit of Future Noir/Cyberpunkery, in which surly “bug hunter” Will Bellow goes in search of a deadly computer virus and in search of his own scrambled past. ” Read the whole review here!

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SHROUD MAGAZINE on HARLAN COUNTY HORRORS: “an eclectic collection of chilling tales”

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:16:39 +0000

SHROUD MAGAZINE has posted its review of HARLAN COUNTY HORRORS , APEX’s recent collection of dark fiction centered in coal country. Edited by APEX’s own Mari Adkins, this anthology features stories by Alethea Kontis, Debbie Kuhn, Earl Dean, Geoffrey Girard, Jason Sizemore, Jeremy Shipp, Maurice Broaddus, Robby Sparks, Ronald Kelly, Stephanie Lenz, Steven Shrewsbury, and TL Trevaskis. Here’s a clip of SHROUD’s review: ““Harlan County” ends with perhaps its strongest story, “The Witch of Black Mountain”, a dark, enchanting bit of folklore written by New York Times Bestseller Alethea Kontis. Here, a young woman scorned undertakes a dangerous journey in search of death, resolution, revenge – but instead encounters and inherits an ages-old legacy, one which gives her new, dark purpose.” Read the whole review here!

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The Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa’s Revenge Part 2 (series 3, episode 10)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:33:00 +0000

Mona Lisa tries to free the Abomination.

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Dave Filoni: The Clone Ranger

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:58:00 +0000

The Clone Wars’ supervising director chats about the hit show.

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Zombies have rights, too!

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:13:28 +0000

by Jason Sizemore Zombies are growing restless by our continual disrespect, shotgun blasts, and hammers to the head. They are demanding to be treated better. And now they have a website to support their cause: http://itsjustzombies.com/ Reasons to visit the website: 1. You’re turning a weird color and think you might have Changed. (See our Frequently Asked Questions for further inquiry). 2. You know you’ve Changed. 3. You know you will Change one day and want to protect your future. 4. Maybe you’re just plain curious (or drunk… just kidding!).

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Misfits (series 1, episode 1)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:12:00 +0000

A group of ASBO youths gain special powers in this new British drama.

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Davies hopes for Torchwood 4 in January

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:04:00 +0000

"Further lease on life for many years"

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Smallville's Justice Society becomes two-hour event

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:01:00 +0000

TV movie to air on January 29th

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Merlin: Sins of the Father (series 2, episode 8)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:18:00 +0000

Arthur learns the truth about his mother's death.

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The Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa's Revenge Part 1 (series 3, episode 9)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:31:00 +0000

Mona Lisa escapes from her painting.

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Cult Magazines: A to Z — A Compendium of Culturally Obsessive & Curiously Expressive Publications

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:22:00 +0000

A celebration of esoteric magazines.

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:29:00 +0000

More deafening robot-based destruction.

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