Apex Books & Zine

08/07/2025

"Obviously, the first step is to kill your CEO."

New short fiction by Jason Sanford: "How to Install Generative AI on a Zombie CEO"

REMEMBER: you are irreplaceable. C-suite executives are not. 👨‍💼👽

Read it here:

In this tutorial we will learn how to install generative AI on a zombie CEO. Please note this tutorial is for “educational purposes” only. Despite our sarcastic air quotes, this tutorial does “not” endorse killing exploitative CEOs and using their zombie remains to do your every perverted bi...

08/07/2025

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! 🎉🎉🎉

We are thrilled to congratulate Hannah Yang on her short fiction published in Apex Magazine Issue 143, "Everything in the Garden is Lovely," being chosen as a World Fantasy Award finalist!

"Everything in the Garden is Lovely" by Hannah Yang from Apex Magazine Issue 143 is a World Fantasy Award finalist in the short...

07/07/2025

"With stories, we want far more than passable. With stories, we should demand far more than 'good enough.'" 🖥️🔥

New blog post by Jason Sanford: "Why I Don't Write with Generative AI."

Let's talk about it.

These words aren’t about the tech companies worth billions of dollars or how they created generative AI models by pirating the works of artists and writers without permission or payment. These words aren’t about there being no true intelligence behind the artificial intelligence systems poised t...

07/07/2025

On the menu today—the corrupt, rich, and powerful.🍽️🍖

Preorder Jason Sanford’s delicious novella WE WHO HUNT ALEXANDERS today before the official release on July 22nd!

https://www.apexbookcompany.com/products/we-who-hunt-alexanders

02/07/2025

PSSST! Apex is in the market for a bookkeeper! 🗃️📝

If you're looking for a part-time gig, have a fondness for both numbers and literature, and love Quickbooks like you love your own family, then we'd love for you to join our team!

Full details here:

Apex is in immediate need of a part-time bookkeeper. This will be a 1099 hourly paid position reporting to the publisher. Payment by invoice every two weeks. Job Duties: Recording and maintaining our financial transactions at least once a month. Close the previous month within 15 days. Produce a mon...

02/07/2025

Happy 150th Issue of Apex Magazine Day!! 🥂 We're kicking off the festivities with a celebration of Apex authors through the years. And yes — it might bring a tear to your eye!

Thank you sincerely to all of them, and all of you, for being with us on this journey. 👽🖤

https://www.patreon.com/posts/150th-issue-132253193

01/07/2025

"Getting that first 'yes' is a huge step forward in an author’s writing journey." ✔️📝

New editorial today by Lesley Conner: "Musings from Maryland"

Read it here: https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/musings-from-maryland-150

01/07/2025

"I was six years old when my grandmother took me to a conclave of ìrókò trees." 🌲🩸

New short fiction (the first from our Unpaid/Unpublished Author Issue!) by Daniel A. Oluremi: "My Song at the Conclave of Many Sorrows"

Read it here: https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/my-song-at-the-conclave-of-many-sorrows

01/07/2025

NEW BLOG POST ALERT! 🌱🍄

Violet Lichen Books and Apex Book Company are delighted to announce the finalists for the inaugural ECO: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction! Thank you to everyone who submitted and nominated stories this year.

Check out the blog post for the full Table of Contents!

30/06/2025

APEX MAGAZINE 150TH ISSUE COVER REVEAL!!! 🎉🎉🎉

We're so excited to have recent art school graduate Makayla Bounds's piece "Portal of the Inevitable" gracing the cover of our Unpublished Author issue! 🎨🖼️

Check out more of her incredible work on her Instagram: www.instagram.com/mbounds_art/

27/06/2025

New Patreon post!! 🎆🏖️☀️ "Apex in July 2025"

- Get a sneak peek at the cover of our 150th New Author issue, a discount on Reach Your Apex's rootin-tootin Weird West writing course, info on upcoming Apex Book Company publications, and more! 🖼️🤠📚

Read it here:

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27/06/2025

New blog post!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

As we transition from Pride Month to the highly-anticipated Gay Wrath Month 🔥 we're highlighting some of our favorite Apex work featuring LGBTQ+ authors. Solidarity helps us not only build a better world, but write great anthologies too 💪

Happy Pride Month from Apex Book Company! We believe deeply in promoting and supporting q***r voices in the genre community, and hope the door only continues to open wider for those who are entering our community. We'd like to promote a few of our titles that feature LGBTQ+ authors in the table of c...