Violet Lichen editor-in-chief has announced her first query window. From Marissa van Uden's blog post: Our very first query window opens from July 1 to July 14! If you have a novella of 20-40K words that might fit our guidelines, please do consider submitting it during this period. As a reminder, the sub-genres I am looking for are Weird Fiction, New Weird, Eco-Speculative Fiction, Folk Horror, Surreal Fiction, and Literary Speculative Fiction. Send your submission via Query Manager. When it opens on July 1, the form will include requests for the following: A 1 paragraph pitch (i.e., how the ..read more

Apex Book Company is delighted to announce the launch of a new imprint, Violet Lichen Books, to be headed by Editor-in-Chief Marissa van Uden. Violet Lichen Books aims to publish unique novella-length horror and dark fiction, focusing especially on New Weird, Weird, folk horror, eco-horror, and eco-science-fiction. Inspired by the mysterious beauty of lichens growing in shadowy woods and the surreal drama of violet shades in nature, Violet Lichen fully embraces the weird, strange, and uncanny. It aims to leave readers feeling a little changed and disquieted, as if they have just emerged from u ..read more

“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” – Alice Walker Apex Book Company is proud to recognize and stand with our LGBTQIA+ friends and family. Despite gains in the recognition of LGBTQIA+ rights and equality, the ACLU reports that in 2024 alone over 515 pieces of anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation have been introduced in the United States. According to PBS, the murder rate of trans people is at an all-time high. What actions can be taken to push back against such legislation? Voting, for one. Be an active ally and raising your voice in your community is ano ..read more

Seattle author Cherie Priest (Boneshaker, Flight Risk) presents Cinderwich, a cozy-yet-creepy novella set in small-town Appalachia. Cherie is joined in conversation by Jillian Venters, noted elder goth and author of Gothic Charm School: An Essential Guide for Goths and Those who Love Them. This event is free to attend, though registration is required through the link provided. We encourage all attendees to wear masks during the event and maintain social distancing. If you have questions about this event, please contact the University Bookstore at events@ubookstore.com. Thank you for supportin ..read more

Join Apex Book Company in celebrating International Women's Day 2024! All Apex Books by authors identifying as female are 30% off until March 10! From the IWD website: "With well over a century of history and change, the first International Women's Day (IWD) was held in March 1911. IWD isn't country, group or organization specific. It's a day of collective global activism and celebration that belongs to all those committed to forging women's equality." Get involved with International Women's Day by finding an event in your area: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Events ..read more

February 26, 2024 For Immediate Release 2/26/24 Lexington, KY: Apex Book Company is delighted to announce that it has acquired first North America English rights to the short story collection BREATH OF LIFE by LH Moore. Breath of Life is a collection of the works of author and poet LH Moore, whose history- and Afrofuturism-inspired speculative short fiction, poetry, and essays move between and blur the genres from horror to science fiction to fantasy. With themes of family and identity, rooted solidly in history and imagining the unknown—both here on Earth and beyond—Breath of Life is an explo ..read more

Join us in honoring Black History Month by purchasing an Apex title by a Black author. Throughout February, choose any of the below select titles* and receive 25% off at checkout with code: BH2024 ‍ During Black History Month and always, we encourage you to visit a Black-owned bookstore in-person. Black-owned bookstores are essential community hubs that foster culture, preserve Black history, and nourish a love of reading. If you can’t visit a store in-person, choose to support a Black-owned bookstore on this map of bookstores that specialize in black literature from the African American Liter ..read more

Starting today, we're having a huge winter sale! 30% off all our inventory site wide, as well as surprise swag for early orders over $25! Surprise Swag will go on a random, first-come first-served basis to orders over $25 placed between 1/15 and 1/31. Your discount is automatically applied at checkout! We have 3 limited edition bookplates of the award nominated book Plague Birds by Jason Sanford, a stack of out of print books from our archives - titles like Aetherchrist and Kentucky Kaiju. Perhaps most exciting we have an incredible piece of Apex history - a limited number of the Apex Digest p ..read more

Congratulations to author Eugen Bacon as her wonderful Apex Books collection, DANGED BLACK THING, is a finalist for this year's Philip K. Dick Award! Hats off to Eugen and the other outstanding finalists. Locus has a full announcement here ..read more

CINDERWICH by Cherie Priest Coming May 14th, 2024 ISBN (softcover) 978-1-955765-20-6 Available through Diamond Book Distribution ______ CHAPTER ONE (Excerpt) The first Ellen Thrush has probably been dead all this time—and it’s not that I don’t care, exactly. I care, I think. I’m curious, at least. But thank God, no one expects me to get too worked up about it. She vanished before I was born, and all I have of her is an old picture or two and her name. My mother gave it to me when I was born: two years, one month, and thirteen days after Ellen mailed a Christmas card to my grandmother. In it, s ..read more