First Blurb in for Grants Pass

"Each story from Grants Pass draws from the same well of emotions and horror as Stephen King's THE STAND and Robert McCammon's SWAN SONG. It'll take you to the darker sides of humanity and yet, at the end of the road, Grants Pass will show you the hope and possibilities of the human spirit."
-- Jason Sizemore, Stoker-nominated editor-in-chief of Apex Book Company and author of Irredeemable.


This makes me happy.

Apex Publishing announces Close Encounters of the Urban Kind edited by Jennifer Brozek

http://www.apexbookcompany.com/blog/2009/05/apex-publishing-announces-close-encounters-of-the-urban-kind-edited-by-jennifer-brozek/

APEX PUBLISHING ANNOUNCES CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE URBAN KIND, A NEW SF ANTHOLOGY EDITED BY JENNIFER BROZEK

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

[Lexington, Kentucky] – Apex Publishing announced today the acquisition of a new anthology edited by Jennifer Brozek, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE URBAN KIND. Scheduled for release in late spring 2010, the collection combines the dark allure of urban legends with the high stakes of alien encounters, promising some of the best short stories modern science fiction has to offer.

In addition to the select group of established and emerging authors contributing to the collection, the winning story and runner-up from the Apex Magazine Annual Halloween Contest will be included in the anthology. The list of contributing authors will be announced in October 2009. Updates can be found on the Apex Publishing website (www.apexbookcompany.com) as they are released.

JENNIFER BROZEK (http://jennifer-brozek.livejournal.com), the creator and co-editor of the Grants Pass anthology (August 2009, Morrigan Books), is a freelance author for many RPG companies, including Margaret Weis Productions, Rogue Games and Catalyst Game Labs. Her contributions to RPG sourcebooks include Dragonlance, Castlemourn, Colonial Gothic, Shadowrun, and Serenity. She has also co-authored three books, including Dragonvarld Adventures with Margaret Weis. She is published in several anthologies and is the creator and editor of the semiprozine The Edge of Propinquity (www.edgeofpropinquity.net). When she is not writing her heart out, she is gallivanting around the Pacific Northwest in its wonderfully mercurial weather.

APEX PUBLICATIONS (www.apexbookcompany.com) is a small press dedicated to publishing exemplary works of dark science fiction and horror. Owned and operated by Jason B. Sizemore, Apex publishes the critically acclaimed Apex Magazine. In 2006, Apex Publishing branched into producing novellas, collections, and anthologies, earning a Bram Stoker Award nomination for the AEGRI SOMNIA anthology in 2007, and another for the collection MAMA’S BOY by Fran Friel, published in 2008, winner of the Black Quill Award in 2009.

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Press Contact: Jason B. Sizemore
jason@apexdigest.com