Every quarter, for over a year now, I have contributed essays and interviews for Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest. Hopefully, all of you have subscribed and get this little magazine regularly. If you have, thank you.

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Apex is a great little magazine. Up and coming. High-profile (it's distributed in B&N and Books-A-Million, and there's a link to it from Orson Scott Card's Website).

Jason Sizemore, Chief Editor, All-Around-Nice-Guy, and the Best Boss in the World, is having a crisis. Read his essay "Hunting for Hubris" about the issue HERE.

If you have ever considered buying a subscription to Apex, please consider it NOW. It'll be the best $20 you ever spent. Trust me. And then please spread the word to others. This is a magazine that deserves to be kept alive.

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Charles L. Grant, often referred to as one of the Godfathers of Horror, passed away on September 15th. He had just returned home after a 2 1/2 year stint at the hospital. He was 64 years old.

Author Christopher Golden (Strangewood, Straight on Til Morning), wrote a beautiful blog in memory -- I urge you all to read it HERE.

I had a GREAT time at the Smyrna Library Storytime on Tuesday -- but the best blog about it was written by one of the moms who attended.

Read her story here: Seven Impossible Things

You may just want to bookmark this one -- she's a great essayist.

School Library Journal

Gr 1-2
Letter A starts to introduce itself and is interrupted by activist letter Z, demanding fair and equal turns at going first, wary of its last place in line, and followed in backwards order by letters Y, X, W, and (oops!) P. Soon all harmony disappears out the window, with the bickering letters and their accompanying words. Letter A remains disgruntled, and letter V insists on a second turn. Turmoil grows until letter A blossoms with not one, but a whole spread of words beginning with its sound. Digitally created googly-eyed letters with stick arms and legs, washed in bold colors, animate the alphabet with personality and emotions. Letter R performs a parody of "Singing in the Rain," letter B is suspended from big beautiful balloons, letter Y knits a yarn cap, and a Sendak "Wild Thing" look-alike represents the letter M. Plenty of details to absorb, colorful images to grab the eye, and a confused letter template running below the action create alphabet antics for early readers. A fun addition.

-Mary Elam, Forman Elementary School, Plano, TX
Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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