Visit the edgier side of science fiction. From funkadelic airships to post-apocalyptic advertising, you're sure to find brilliant and original short fiction in our second Book of Apex. These stories represent the second year of original online content from Apex Magazine. Enjoy work from acclaimed story masters such as Jennifer Pelland, Ekaterina Sedia, Mary Robinette Kowal, Peter M. Ball, Seanan McGuire, Mark Henry, and many more Table of Contents "She Called Me Sweetie" Glenn Lewis Gillette ..".That Has Such People in It" Jennifer Pelland "Pimp My Airship" Maurice Broaddus "Kenny 149" Brad Becraft "Advertising at the End of the World" Keffy R.M. Kehrli "Fungal Gardens" Ekaterina Sedia "Ghost Technology from the Sun" Paul Jessup "A Poor Man's Roses" Alethea Kontis "To Dream of Stars: An Astronomer's Lament" Peter M. Ball "Benjamin Schneider's Little Greys" Nir Yaniv "After the Fire" Aliette de Bodard "Overclocking" James L. Sutter "59 Beads" Rochita Loenen-Ruiz "Wondrous Days" Genevieve Valentine "White Christmas" James F. Reilly "The Lady or the Tiger" J.M. McDermott "p.a. chic" Tobias Amadon Bengelsdorf "Beyond the Garden Close" Mary Robinette Kowal "The Bride Replete" Mary Robinette Kowal "Dying with Her Cheer Pants On" Seanan McGuire "Seafoam" Mark Henry "The Last Stand of the Ant Maker" Paul Jessup "City of Refuge" Jerry L. Gordon "Sol Asleep" Naomi Libicki "Laika's Dream" Holly Hight "Artifact" Peter Atwood "Schrodinger's Pussy" Terra Lemay

Visit the darker side of science fiction. From post-apocalyptic punk bands to the unearthing of ancient beings in a coal mine, from Moreau's beast men to a dreamy theatrical wonderland, explore the fiction that descends from the darkest pits of the human mind. These stories represent the first year of original online content from Apex Magazine. Enjoy work from acclaimed masters such as Theodora Goss, Ekaterina Sedia, Mary Robinette Kowal, Lavie Tidhar, Gord Sellar, Jennifer Pelland, George Mann, and many more Contains the following dark SF stories published in Apex Magazine from January 1, 2008 through June 30th, 2009: Table of Contents Post Apocalypse James Walton Langolf These Days Katherine Sparrow In the Seams Andrew C. Porter The Nature of Blood George Mann Scenting the Dark Mary Robinette Kowal The Limb Knitter Steven Francis Murphy I Know an Old Lady Nathan Rosen Blakenjel Lavie Tidhar Behold: Skowt Jason Heller A Splash of Color William T. Vandemark A Night at the Empire Joy Marchand Organ Nell Jennifer Pelland Starter House Jason Palmer On the Shadow Side of the Beast Ruth Nestvold Cai and Her Ten Thousand Husbands Gord Sellar Dark Planet Lavie Tidhar The Puma Theodora Goss Mind of a Pig Ekaterina Sedia Waiting for Jakie Barbara Krasnoff Hindsight, In Neon Jamie Todd Rubin Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens Peter M. Ball Hideki and the Gnomes Mark Lee Pearson Plebiscite AV3X Jason Fischer Shaded Streams Run Clearest Geoffrey W. Cole