Jason Sizemore

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Jason Sizemore is an American writer and editor based in Lexington, Kentucky. He is the owner and managing editor of Apex Publications.

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Early life

Sizemore was born in Big Creek, Kentucky (pop. 400). [1] [2]

Career

Sizemore was the editor and publisher of Apex Digest , a quarterly science fiction and horror digest that ran for 12 issues between 2005 and 2008. [3] [4] As the publisher/managing editor of Apex Magazine , [5] he was nominated for the Hugo Award in the semiprozine category in 2012, [6] 2013 [7] and 2014. [8]

As a writer he has published several stories in genre magazines. His first short story collection, Irredeemable, [9] was published in April, 2014.

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References

  1. "About". jason-sizemore.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-07.
  2. Apex Publications
  3. "A Writer's Vanity". jason-sizemore.com.
  4. isfdb.com
  5. "Apex Magazine". Archived from the original on 2014-05-30. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
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  9. 1 2 Sizemore, Jason (2014), Irredeembale, Seventh Star Press, LLC, ISBN   978-1-937929-59-6
  10. Erwine, J. Alab (2007), Future Syndicate Anthology, BookSurge Publishing, ISBN   978-1-4196-5459-6
  11. Broaddus, Maurice (2014), Streets of Shadows, Alliteration Ink, ISBN   978-1-939840-21-9
  12. Adkins, Mari (2009), Harlan County Horrors, Apex Publications, p. 40, ISBN   978-0-9821596-5-1
  13. Sizemore, Jason and Gill Ainsworth (2006), Aegri Somnia, Apex Publications, ISBN   978-0-9788676-2-1
  14. Sizemore, Jason and Gill Ainsworth (2007), Gratia Placenti, Apex Publications, ISBN   978-0-9788676-5-2
  15. Sizemore, Jason and Gill Ainsworth (2008), Descended From Darkness: Apex Magazine Vol. I, Apex Publications, ISBN   978-0-9788676-9-0
  16. Sizemore, Jason (2010), Apexology:Horror, Apex Publications, ASIN   B00408AO0Y
  17. Sizemore, Jason (2010), Dark Futures: Tales of SF Dystopia, Dark Quest Books, ISBN   978-0-9826197-2-8
  18. Sizemore, Jason (2011), The Zombie Feed Vol. 1, Apex Publications, ISBN   978-0-9821596-4-4
  19. Sizemore, Jason and Jonathan Maberry (2013), Appalachian Undead, Apex Publications, ISBN   978-1-937009-18-2

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