Lavie Tidhar - The Apex Book of World SF 2

Lavie Tidhar is the author of the BSFA Award nominated novel Osama (2011), and of the steampunk Bookman Histories trilogy, comprising The Bookman (2010), Camera Obscura (2011), and The Great Game (2012). His other works include the linked story collection HebrewPunk (2007), novellas An Occupation of Angels (2005), Cloud Permutations (2010), Jesus & the Eightfold Path (2011), and Gorel and the Pot-Bellied God (2011). He is also the author of the picture book Going to the Moon (2012). He edited the first volume of this anthology series, The Apex Book of World SF (2009) and maintains the World SF Blog at worldsf.wordpress.com, for which he was nominated for a World Fantasy Award.

Born in Mexico City, cover artist Raứl Cruz first put colors to paper at a young age when television and films inspired him to create his first fantasy illustrations. At the age of twenty, Raứl began a successful and prosperous freelance career, creating science fiction and commercial artwork for books, magazines, CD booklets, posters, ads, set designs, booth designs, television concepts, and more.

Raứl uses a combination of digital and traditional techniques (particularly watercolor, acrylic, ink and airbrush) to create a signature look that defines his style. His art has been exhibited in New York City’s Stehendall Gallery, in the Mexican Chamber of Plasticity, in numerous cultural spaces and events, and in different universities. Many of his pieces have also appeared in publications like Illustrators 39 , Spectrum , Heavy Metal Magazine , Fantasy +3 , and Erotic Fantasy Art .

To see more of his art and designs visit www.racrufi.com.

THE APEX BOOK OF WORLD SF 2

Copyright @ 2012 by Lavie Tidhar

Cover Art “Santa Adela” @ Raúl Cruz

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce the book, or portions thereof, in any form.

Published by Apex Publications, LLC

PO Box 24323

Lexington, KY 40524

www.apexbookcompany.com

First Edition, Auguest 2012

“Alternate Girl’s Expatriate Life” @ Rochita Loenen-Ruiz 2010. First published in Interzone .

“Mr Goop” @ Ivor W. Hartmann 2009. First published in African Writing .

“Trees of Bone” @ Daliso Chaponda 2005. First published in Apex Digest .

“The First Peruvian in Space” @ Daniel Salvo 2005, 2011. Translated by Jose B. Adolph. English publication original to this collection. First published in Spanish as El Primer Peruano en el Espacio in Ciencia Ficción Perú .

“Eyes in the Vastness of Forever” @ Gustavo Bondoni 2010. First published in Innsmouth Free Press .

“The Tomb” @ Chen Qiufan 2004, 2011. Translated by the author. English publication original to this collection. First published in Chinese as Fen in Science Fiction World .

“The Sound of Breaking Glass” @ Joyce Chng 2010. First published in Semaphore Magazine .

“A Single Year” @ Csilla Kleinheincz 2009, 2011. Translated by the author. English publication original to this collection. First published in Hungarian in 2009 as Egyetlen esztendő in the anthology Nyulak • Sellők • Viszonyok .

“The Secret Origin of Spin-Man” @ Andrew Drilon 2009. First published in Philippine Speculative Fiction IV .

“Borrowed Time” @ Anabel Enríquez Piñeiro 2007, 2011. Translated by Daniel W. Koon. English publication original to this collection. First published in Spanish as Deuda Temporal in Nada Que Declarar .

“Branded” @ Lauren Beukes 2004. First published in SL Magazine .

“December 8th” @ Raúl Flores Iriarte 2006, 2011. Translated by Daniel W. Koon and the author. English publication original to this collection. First published in Spanish as 8 De Diciembre at juventudtecnica.cu.

“Hungry Man” @ Will Elliott 2011. Original to this collection.

“Nira and I” @ Shweta Narayan 2009. First published in Strange Horizons .

“Nothing Happened in 1999” @ Fábio Fernandes 2010. First published in Everyday Weirdness .

“Shadow” @ Tade Thompson 2010. First published in Expanded Horizons .

“Shibuya no Love” @ Hannu Rajaniemi 2004. First published in Futurismic .

“Maquech” @ Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2008. First published in Futurismic .

“The Glory of the World” @ Sergey Gerasimov 2008. First published in Clarkesworld Magazine .

“The New Neighbours” @ Tim Jones 2008. First published in Transported .

“From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7” @ Nnedi Okorafor 2009. First published in Clarkesworld Magazine .

“The Slows” @ Gail Hareven 1999, 2009. Translated by Yaacov Jeffrey Green. First published in Hebrew as “Ha’iti’im” in the collection

Haderech Legan Eden . First published in English in The New Yorker .

“Zombie Lenin” @ Ekaterina Sedia 2007. First published in Fantasy Sampler .

“Electric Sonalika” @ Samit Basu 2011. Original to this collection.

“The Malady” @ Andrzej Sapkowski 1992, 2006. Translated by Wiesiek Powaga. First published in Polish as “Maladie” in Nowa Fantastyka . First published in English at PolishWriting.net. Published by arrangement with literary agency Agence de l’Est.

“A Life Made Possible Behind the Barricades” @ Jacques Barcia 2010. First published in Steampunk Reloaded Web Annex .