Book of Apex, Volume 3

by Catherynne M. Valente (Editor), Heather McDougal, Kathryn Weaver

These thirty-one stories encompasses all fifteen issues of Apex Magazine edited by the Hugo Award-nominated editor and author Catherynne M. Valente. You'll find a book containing strange, compelling magics, cities that come to life, and surreal suburban nightmares played out through the eyes of children. The Book of Apex: Volume 3 contains work by Seanan McGuire, Saladin Ahmed, Theodora Goss, Forrest Aguirre, Cat Rambo, Ian Tregillis, Annalee Newitz, Peter M. Ball, and many other masters of the short form.

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Short Stories

362 pages, Paperback

First published June 16, 2012

About the author

Catherynne M. Valente was born on Cinco de Mayo, 1979 in Seattle, WA, but grew up in in the wheatgrass paradise of Northern California. She graduated from high school at age 15, going on to UC San Diego and Edinburgh University, receiving her B.A. in Classics with an emphasis in Ancient Greek Linguistics. She then drifted away from her M.A. program and into a long residence in the concrete and camphor wilds of Japan.

She currently lives in Maine with her partner, two dogs, and three cats, having drifted back to America and the mythic frontier of the Midwest.