Apex Publishing to publish new R. Thomas Riley story collection
Apex Publishing to publish new R. Thomas Riley story collection (February 1, 2009)
American writer, R. Thomas Riley, has sold a new short story collection entitled, The Monster Within Idea, to US publisher, Apex Book Company for publication in 2009. The collection features 19 tales, including one novella and 9 previously unpublished stories. According to the author, The Monster Within Idea contains fast-paced, horror, sci-fi and crime tales that explore the dark side of human nature.
About the Collection:
The monsters lurk in everyone: monsters of greed, of guilt, of the pleasure found in pain, of the pain found when pleasure dies. Carefully disguised, the monsters can sit down beside you or take up residence within you at the slightest twist of fate. Will you try to stop them? Will you want to?
This collection of 19 stories deftly explores the monsters born of the human mind. "Attrition" offers a future prison system that frees only those who repent sincerely—but what can an inmate do if he finds that sincerity is not really the key? "Twin Thieves" and "Tautology" throw a devilish spin on relationships gone wrong, while "The Lesser Evil" twists the abuses of race and power into a gritty, noirish nightmare of the choices a man must make to protect a lesser man and a greater good. In "Touching God," a young man's past catches up to him when worlds bleed into each other and the past crosses into present, bringing back the abuse he once escaped and the brother who wasn't so lucky.
Sacrifice, selfishness, and the worst of good intentions: all combine in The Monster Within Idea. From vampires and aliens to hit women and Wild Bill Hickock, Riley gives a subtle psychological turn to dark science fiction and horror. Let the monsters walk the paths of your mind. The idea is already within.
Apex Book Company is a US based small-press book publisher that produces the critically acclaimed Apex Digest Online e-zine. They've also published novels, collections, and anthology from such esteemed authors as Michael A. Burstein, Jennifer Pelland, Fran Friel, Matt Wallace, Wrath James White, Maurice Broaddus, Steven Savile, Lavie Tidhar, and Brandy Schwan.
"I'm delighted that The Monster Within Idea is going to be published by Apex who are making tremendous strides forward in publishing genre fiction" says Riley.
R. Thomas Riley is the author of Through The Glass Darkly, Heal Thyself, The Flesh of Fallen Angels, and Phrenetic, a post-apocalyptic horror novella. His website can be found at http://www.rthomasriley.com
Apex Book Company can be contacted at jason@apexdigest.com
http://www.apexbookcompany.com
American writer, R. Thomas Riley, has sold a new short story collection entitled, The Monster Within Idea, to US publisher, Apex Book Company for publication in 2009. The collection features 19 tales, including one novella and 9 previously unpublished stories. According to the author, The Monster Within Idea contains fast-paced, horror, sci-fi and crime tales that explore the dark side of human nature.
About the Collection:
The monsters lurk in everyone: monsters of greed, of guilt, of the pleasure found in pain, of the pain found when pleasure dies. Carefully disguised, the monsters can sit down beside you or take up residence within you at the slightest twist of fate. Will you try to stop them? Will you want to?
This collection of 19 stories deftly explores the monsters born of the human mind. "Attrition" offers a future prison system that frees only those who repent sincerely—but what can an inmate do if he finds that sincerity is not really the key? "Twin Thieves" and "Tautology" throw a devilish spin on relationships gone wrong, while "The Lesser Evil" twists the abuses of race and power into a gritty, noirish nightmare of the choices a man must make to protect a lesser man and a greater good. In "Touching God," a young man's past catches up to him when worlds bleed into each other and the past crosses into present, bringing back the abuse he once escaped and the brother who wasn't so lucky.
Sacrifice, selfishness, and the worst of good intentions: all combine in The Monster Within Idea. From vampires and aliens to hit women and Wild Bill Hickock, Riley gives a subtle psychological turn to dark science fiction and horror. Let the monsters walk the paths of your mind. The idea is already within.
Apex Book Company is a US based small-press book publisher that produces the critically acclaimed Apex Digest Online e-zine. They've also published novels, collections, and anthology from such esteemed authors as Michael A. Burstein, Jennifer Pelland, Fran Friel, Matt Wallace, Wrath James White, Maurice Broaddus, Steven Savile, Lavie Tidhar, and Brandy Schwan.
"I'm delighted that The Monster Within Idea is going to be published by Apex who are making tremendous strides forward in publishing genre fiction" says Riley.
R. Thomas Riley is the author of Through The Glass Darkly, Heal Thyself, The Flesh of Fallen Angels, and Phrenetic, a post-apocalyptic horror novella. His website can be found at http://www.rthomasriley.com
Apex Book Company can be contacted at jason@apexdigest.com
http://www.apexbookcompany.com
posted by Monster Librarian at
8:46 PM
2 Comments:
I'm looking forward to Riley's collection. Looks delicious. Apex has some great selections waiting for release.
Happy holidays, ML!
Hugs from CT,
Fran
PS - Thanks for the mention.
Thanks for the interest and nice comments, Fran. I really dug your collection and I'm really excited to be working with such an aces publisher.
Thomas
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