Our fearless leader, BorgDude (Jason Sizemore), wants everyone’s opinion in regards to Apex Online.
Go here: http://apexdigest.livejournal.com/128146.html
Vote. Voting is gooood. Democrazy at work.
(PS- spelling error on purpose, d’uh…)

The uber-sexy and adorable poetess, Brandy Schwan has more for us…
The Grim Trixter is back, this time with a limited edition chapbook collection of more than 30 hauntingly evocative poems that explore everything from nursery rhymes to modern serial killers. Schwan’s voice brings beauty to the horrors of the world around her, yet infuses objects of seeming innocence with such a shadowed nature that one cannot help but see that behind her pen is, in the words of her poem “Hands and Dues Paid a Muse,” a mind holding devious …

For one week only (until August 26th), the following Apex Book Company titles are on sale for $10.00:
Unwelcome Bodies
The Next Fix
HebrewPunk
Aegri Somnia
Gratia Placenti
Orgy of Souls
Mama’s Boy and Other Dark Tales
Beauty & Dynamite
Make Alexander Hamilton (US) or John A. MacDonald (Canada) proud. Spend ten bucks and buy a book!
http://www.apexbookcompany.com/cart.php
PS – I proofed all but Aegri Somnia and I’ve read it – they’re all amazing books. Get ‘em!

If anyone has any experiences calling other people into their dreams (lucid or otherwise) and are willing to share, or if anyone knows where I can dig up some proper information – I’d be much obliged. Sadly, I’m overwhelmed in the ‘white-light’ new-age stuff and I don’t need that.
Specifically what I’m looking for is like a gathering of people in dreams, those known before, but not currently in your life right now. Some of you know I’ve been fascinated by my astral/lucid dreaming and I’m definitely hoping to coordinate …

So since I couldn’t sleep, I was perusing the discussion boards. JimB from the Permuted Press boards posted a link to Read the Words. This site allows you to input plain text and it will put it into a voice file for you. Naturally, the voices sound like computer voices. Hawking-like. Still, it’s kinda neat hearing my words come from a little program.
This is the prologue for One for Sorrow, my as-yet-unfinished JulNo novel attempt. Enjoy!
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