In the Monster's Mouth

Published: June 7, 2022, 2 p.m.

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"In The Monster\'s Mouth" by Tim Waggoner \\u2014 published in Apex Magazine,\\xa0issue 131, May 2022.

Read it here:\\xa0https://www.apex-magazine.com/

Tim Waggoner has published over forty novels and five collections of short stories. He writes original dark fantasy and horror, as well as media tie-ins, and his articles on writing have appeared in numerous publications. He\\u2019s won the Bram Stoker Award, the HWA\\u2019s Mentor of the Year Award, been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and the Scribe Award. His fiction has received numerous Honorable Mentions in volumes of Best Horror of the Year, and he\\u2019s twice had stories selected for inclusion in volumes of Year\\u2019s Best Hardcore Horror. He\\u2019s also a full-time tenured professor who teaches creative writing and composition at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio.

Emmie Christie is a fiction writer and narrator. She has narrated the science fiction novel \\u201cThe Amaranth Chronicles: Deviant Rising\\u201d, written by Alexander Barnes and Christopher Preiman. She has written stories for Flash Fiction Online, Infinite Worlds Magazine, and Three-Lobed Burning Eye. You can find more of her work at www.emmiechristie.com or follow her on Twitter @EmmieChristie33.

This\\xa0Apex Magazine podcast was produced by Alyson Grauer. Theme music by Alex White. Sounds used in this episode are licensed from Soundstripe.com. Music in this episode includes \\u201cWhat You Do Not Know\\u201d by Joshua Spacht and \\u201cShadow Passage\\u201d by Cody Martin, licensed from Soundstripe.com.

Apex Magazine\\xa0podcast, copyright Apex Publications.

Apex Magazine\\xa0is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at\\xa0http://www.apex-magazine.com.

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