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Kimberly Lundstrom

Apex Magazine, August 2009

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ August 29, 2009

Eugie Foster’s stunning novelette, “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” [originally published in Interzone] is the highlight of Apex Magazine’s August 2009 issue. Each day, the nameless narrator dons a different, exquisitely crafted mask and takes on a persona tied to that mask, complete with unique life circumstances. All of the [...]

Apex Magazine, May 2009

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ August 8, 2009

The May 2009 issue of Apex Magazine features three stories of characters navigating a changed or changing world.
“Hideki and the Gnomes” by Mark Lee Pearson has the haunting quality of a dark fairy tale murmured in the flickering light of a dying fire. Yet it is entirely modern. Hideki looks on as, one by one, [...]

Apex Magazine, April 2009

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ August 7, 2009

If you read just one of the three stories in the April issue of Apex Magazine, make it “Waiting for Jakie” by Barbara Krasnoff. With the help of just a little extra anxiety medication (”who would begrudge it”), an elderly Holocaust survivor journeys back decades and thousands of miles to step into the consciousness of [...]

Apex Magazine, March 2009

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ April 10, 2009

If the three pieces of original fiction in the March issue of Apex Magazine are any indication, the issue’s theme could be summed up as the intersection between beast and human.
Ekaterina Sedia’s “The Mind of a Pig” opens with Joel’s discovery that he is actually a pig, not the human he thought he was. As [...]

Apex Magazine, February 2009

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ March 5, 2009

February 2009’s Apex Magazine is not for the faint of heart, as two of its three stories feature fairly graphic depictions of sexual abuse. Consider yourself forewarned.
In “Tearing Down Tuesday” by Steven Francis Murphy, Kyle has stayed with the local fix-it woman, Audrey, since his father was killed and his mother left town. Amid rumors [...]

Apex Magazine, January 2009

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ February 12, 2009

Apex Magazine offers three stories in its January, 2009, edition:
In Jason Palmer’s “Starter House,” Dale and Pam take the exciting and nerve-racking step of purchasing their first home, a means to living on their own outside the colony dome. It is a big undertaking, with the feed to keep the thing alive and the restraints [...]

Apex Magazine, December 2008

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ January 23, 2009

Apex Magazine closed out 2008 with short fiction including a Hugo Award nominee and three other strong stories, all of which give the reader something worth pondering.
In Michael A. Burstein’s “Paying It Forward,” an aspiring young writer is surprised to receive a return email from an author he admired, not because that author is too [...]

Apex Magazine, November 2008

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ January 23, 2009

Apex Magazine, “where science fiction and horror collide,” offered four pieces of original short fiction in November, 2008.
“Behold: Skowt!” declares the tag, sprayed “coast to coast. Or at least…working on it” by the 14-year-old protagonist in this story by Jason Heller. Skowt hustles and spray-paints his way through a hardscrabble existence in a bleak future [...]

Fantasy Magazine, December 2008

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ January 3, 2009

In December, 2008, Fantasy Magazine offers four fine original stories plus a reprint of Stephen Leacock’s haunting “Merry Christmas,” all well worth reading.
“Geddarien” by Rose Lemberg is the poignant tale of Zelig and his grandfather, both violinists. Grandfather tells Zelig of Geddarien, a magical once-in-a-lifetime event when the living buildings of the city dance to [...]

Fantasy Magazine, November 2008

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ December 1, 2008

In addition to a reprint of a classic Charlotte Perkins Gilman short story, Fantasy Magazine published three new stories this November.
In Berrien C. Henderson’s “The Nest Building Habits of Children Inclined to Ornithomancy and Other Such Auguries,” the narrator recounts his boyhood of isolation brought about by his troubled home life and his, apparently hereditary, [...]

Fantasy Magazine, October 2008

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ November 10, 2008

A theme of obsession threads its way through Fantasy Magazine’s October stories: from a woman with an all-consuming passion for palindromes to another hoarding wishes, and from a king “greedy for flesh” to a man drawn far too deeply into a twisting plot.
In the surreal “Yell Alley” by Nicole Kornher-Stace, Anna is engaged in a [...]

Fantasy Magazine, September 2008

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ October 6, 2008

Fantasy Magazine’s September, 2008, stories run the gamut from the gritty to the ethereal.
Jim C. Hines introduces us to Jaybird, a hardened, cocksure “Original Gangster” from the mean streets of Chicago. When her baby daughter is kidnapped by a member of a rival gang seeking revenge, Jaybird tries to take care of the problem on [...]

Fantasy Magazine, August 2008

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ September 3, 2008

Fantasy Magazine opens its August issue with “Penguin and Wren” by Christie Skipper Ritchotte. As a boy, Dale shares his interest in magic tricks with his disabled sister, who becomes skilled at performing them herself. With adolescence comes change, however, and Dale finds himself drawn toward pursuits other than assisting Sonia with her magic shows. [...]

Fantasy Magazine, July 2008

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ July 29, 2008

Fantasy Magazine kicked off July with “Practicing Perfection,” an intriguing and original tale by Cathy Freeze. Amber allowed herself to be made into a giant long ago to be closer to the angels. She rescues them when they fall, wounded, from battles above. They never speak and don’t wish to eat. That is, until an [...]

Fantasy Magazine, June 2008

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ July 2, 2008

In honor of the wedding season (or perhaps despite it) Fantasy Magazine’s June offerings explore romantic love—love lost, love found, and “love” most deadly.
June’s first story is “On the Finding of Photographs of My Former Loves” by Peter M. Ball. “Everyone has a past and you do your best to pretend it doesn’t matter,” Deacon, [...]

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