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    Apex Magazine: Issue 26
    Apex Magazine: Issue 26
    Apex Magazine: Issue 26
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    Apex Magazine: Issue 26

    By Catherynne M. Valente

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    Apex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pros of the field.

    This month we bring three outstanding stories to our dedicated readers. "The Neighborly Thing to Do" by T.J. Weyler starts as a classic Gothic tale, but a wicked twist adds a memorable dynamic. "The Widow and the Xir" by Indrapramit Das explores the pain of grief and how difficult it can be to let go of a deceased loved one. In Theodora Goss's powerful "The Rapid Advancement of Sorrow," fiction editor Catherynne M. Valente completes a three story cycle of loneliness, sorrow, and loss.

    Rounding out this month's content is a nonfiction piece from Paul Jessup. Jessup lists some outstanding weird reads in his "The Top 10 Experimental Genre Books You've Never Heard Of."

    Apex Magazine is edited by award-winning author and editor Catherynne M. Valente.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherApex Book Company
    Release dateJul 4, 2011
    ISBN9781466181939
    Apex Magazine: Issue 26
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    Catherynne M. Valente

    Catherynne M. Valente is an acclaimed New York Times bestselling creator of over forty works of fantasy and science fiction, including the Fairyland novels and The Glass Town Game. She has been nominated for the Nebula and World Fantasy awards, and has won the Otherwise (formerly Tiptree), Hugo, and Andre Norton award. She lives on a small island off the coast of Maine with her partner, young son, and a shockingly large cat with most excellent tufts.

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      Apex Magazine - Catherynne M. Valente

      APEX MAGAZINE

      Issue 26

      July, 2011

      Copyright 2011 Apex Publications

      Smashwords Edition

      COPYRIGHTS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      The Neighborly Thing to Do Copyright 2011 by T.J. Weyler

      The Widow and the Xir Copyright 2011 by Indrapramit Das

      The Rapid Advancement of Sorrow Copyright 2002 by Theodora Goss

      The Top Ten Experimental Genre Books You’ve Never Heard Of Copyright 2009 by Paul Jessup

      Publisher—Jason Sizemore

      Fiction Editor—Catherynne M. Valente

      Senior Editor—Gill Ainsworth

      Submission Editors—Zakarya Anwar, Ferrett Steinmetz, Mari Adkins, George Galuschak, Deanna Knippling, Sarah Olson, Lillian Cohen-Moore, Katherine Khorey

      Cover designed by Justin Stewart

      ISSN: 2157-1406

      Apex Publications

      PO Box 24323

      Lexington, KY 40524

      Please visit us at http://www.apexbookcompany.com/apex-online

      To subscribe visit http://www.apexbookcompany.com/apex-online/subscribe/

      Submission Guidelines are listed at the end of the issue.

      Table of Contents

      Fiction:

      The Neighborly Thing to Do

      T.J. Weyler

      The Widow and the Xir

      Indrapramit Das

      The Rapid Advancement of Sorrow

      Theodora Goss

      Nonfiction:

      The Top 10 Experimental Genre Books You've Never Heard Of

      Paul Jessup

      Submission Guidelines

      The Neighborly Thing to Do

      T.J. Weyler

      Bear liked the house even if I still felt bad about having to move. Almost everybody besides me felt good about moving. When Mama and the Aunties weren’t at the community center or making enough cleansing oils and weavings to fill up the booth at the street market, they rummaged through all the boxes and crates leaned up against the walls or towering in corners, purifying the nooks of the new house as they found new places for old things. The other kids thought we might get to go to school in the fall.

      So close to downtown, it didn’t matter that we only used bicycles or walked. Out on the farm, the Aunties used to have to hitchhike more than they liked. But once even our old neighbors had voted to get incorporated by the city, the Aunties figured we had to get involved if our goal was community. They said better to shape the changes than pretend not to notice. Mama thought we’d find some great places to get the good energy flowing again.

      Streets crisscrossed every-which-way by the new house. I heard cars on at least one of the roads all the time. That meant I got stuck in the backyard or on the porch when Mama left on errands. I couldn’t go exploring, ‘cause I wasn’t supposed to cross streets alone, and, after my one try, I learned that Bear didn’t count like a grownup.

      Brother and Jeff and Leon were all big enough to ride their bikes up and down the wide, paved road in front of the house if they promised to mind the cars, so they left without me. The road leading up to the old farm had only been gravel. I used to get to play out there because any car coming had to go real slow and made so much noise it couldn’t sneak up. All the roads here were new smooth asphalt, and the Aunties worried that people might speed.

      None of our new neighbors seemed very happy about us. They stared when they passed by the house and saw Mama or the Aunties in their long skirts and sandals. They never smiled when we waved, and they frowned at our bicycles and hand-carved sculptures. I’d even heard people talking about our hair and how wild it looked, though the Aunties made sure our braids stayed shiny and tight, and even Auntie Dina’s locks grew out long and beautiful, if a little rusty at the ends from the sun.

      I missed the smell of growing things. Our neighbors had yards with only grass in them, a green full of toxins that made them into what Mama called an artificial monoculture. The neighbors cut their trees all the time so that the branches only grew a certain way. The Aunties said growing a thing the wrong way did more harm than not letting it grow at all.

      At least the new porch was big enough for Bear and I to play ship. Bear helped me sail it, and we ran down the stretch of wood planks only stopping to look out over the railing to see where the boys had got to. I

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