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I.T is aiming to increase its market share in street fashion in both Hong Kong and mainland China, where the appetite for A Bathing Ape's $75 T-shirts is growing as younger Chinese consumers look for edgier styles with an established brand.

Hong Kong's I.T Set to Buy Japan's BAPE Brand Mariko Sanchanta 2011

Writing 'The Ape's Wife' last month, this all seemed suddenly very important to me again.

"I can't shake this feeling I've got. My dirty hands..." greygirlbeast 2009

I have just read "The Ape's Wife", by Caitlín R. Kiernan, for the third time.

"I sit alone and I watch the clock; I breathe in on the tick and out on the tock" robyn_ma 2008

Also, there was truly wonderful email from Cliff Miller (cliff52), regarding "The Ape's Wife," but I want to ask his permission before I post it here.

All Innsmouth in one handy vanilla-flavored pill. readingthedark 2008

My thanks to Cliff Miller for giving me permission to post his letter regarding "The Ape's Wife" (I have reformatted this letter slightly, to condense paragraphs):

"I sit alone and I watch the clock; I breathe in on the tick and out on the tock" robyn_ma 2008

I think the last time I had this sort of frustration was with "The Ape's Wife."

"She had no heart so hardened, all under the boughs unbowed." crk_blog_vault 2008

In the case of "The Ape's Wife", it's worth any effort.

"I sit alone and I watch the clock; I breathe in on the tick and out on the tock" robyn_ma 2008

Among the stories tending more to identifiable fantasy is Caitlin Kiernan's "The Ape's Wife," the longest story in the book, a post-modern examination, in effortlessly strong and graceful prose, of Ann Darrow "after Kong" that tries out many possible fates for the fictional heroine.

"The lengths that I will go to, the distance in your eyes..." greygirlbeast 2008

Once you have leapt into midair to grab a rope, swung into a net and made it across a series of loops that may force you into the splits, you're more likely to crave more outdoor activities, says Go Ape's Dan D'Augustino.

Ropes courses and zip lies turn exercise into an adventure 2010

And also my comp copies of Steve Jones 'The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror (Volume 19), which reprints "The Ape's Wife," and which marks the 9th time since 1998 that I've had a story selected for The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror.

Everything begins and ends at exactly the right time and place. greygirlbeast 2008