Apex Magazine Vol 3 Issue 1 [Kindle Edition]

Glenn Lewis Gillette (Author), Jennifer Pelland (Author), Jeff Carlson (Author), Gill Ainsworth (Editor), Jason Sizemore (Editor)

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Product Description

Apex Magazine is a publisher of 'dark SF' short fiction.

What type of dark SF? Think of Aliens, The Thing, and 28 Days Later. Remember reading Russel's The Sparrow? McCarthy's The Road? Gibson's Neuromancer? These are a sample of the modern masterpieces that we strive to reach in terms of quality, social commentary, and thrills.

New fiction:
"She Called Me Sweetie" by Glenn Lewis Gillette
"...That Has Such People in It" by Jennifer Pelland

Classic Reprint:
"The Frozen Sky" by Jeff Carlson

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 110 KB
• Print Length: 58 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Apex Publications (July 6, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002HWSQUK
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,036 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cain/Able mixed with "1984"/"Brave New World", and "Coming of Age in Samoa", August 4, 2009

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David J. Zucker (Aurora, Colorado, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apex Magazine Vol 3 Issue 1 (Kindle Edition)

"She Called Me Sweetie," by Glenn Lewis Gillette, works in undertones that remind the reader of the early Genesis narratives of Adam and Eve, along with the Cain/Able conflict, mixed with a dose of 1984/Brave New World, and Coming of Age in Samoa. It's a story of self-individuation gone wrong, jealousies, secrets, lust, and oh yes, murder. Gillette packs a lot into 4500 words; it is an intriguing tale.

The story is set in a remote Manor House, a faux Eden. Boys named with single letters who dress and speak as if attending English public school, are class conscious and very aware of higher (or lower) rank. We see all through the eyes and experiences of narrator/protagonist "E", about twelve, who adores the provocative and subversively seductive goddess-like figure he calls "Mommy." And Mommy calls him "Sweet E." Only E doesn't hear it that way; he hears "Sweetie." Otherwise, he might realize that Mommy likes him no more than any of his clone-brothers. Otherwise, he would not misunderstand the pet-name, and Mommy's specific affection for him. Otherwise, but there is no "otherwise" . . . to everyone else's detriment.

~David J. Zucker