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Apex Magazine

Apex Magazine is a digital zine of dark sci-fi, dark fantasy, and horror short fiction. During the period between issues, we drop the issue's contents online in a staggered release schedule.

Apex Magazine Issue 150
Cover art by Makayla Bounds

EDITORIAL
Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner

ORIGINAL FICTION
"My Song at the Conclave of Many Sorrows" by Daniel A. Oluremi
"A Rare and Exceptional Delicacy" by G.M. Mitchell
"Orion and His Moon" by J.S. Oriel
"Black Gold" by E.M. Kerkman
We Who Hunt Alexanders Excerpt by Jason Sanford

FLASH FICTION
"What the Crab Apple Tree Near Miranda Spaceport Saw" by Elijah J. Mears
"Denizens of My Face" by Emil Morel
"Changeling" by Frey Lylark

MO*CON STORIES
"Moebius Syndrome" by Storm Humbert
"As Ephemeral as Bubbles" by Akis Linardos

CLASSIC FICTION
"Mother Sun" by Amy Nagopaleen (9/23)
"A Final Song for the Ages" by Pedro Iniguez

ESSAYS
"Haunt Me, Then" by Lyndsie Manusos
"Interning with Apex: A Chat Between Apex Intern Veronica J. Gilchrist and Managing Editor Rebecca E. Treasure"

REVIEWS
"Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review" by AC Wise (9/30)
"Review of The Inescapable March by Hana Carolina" by Rebecca E. Treasure

INTERVIEWS
Interview with Author J.S. Oriel by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Author Daniel S. Oluremi by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Artist Makayla Bounds by Bradley Powers

LATEST CONTENT

Interning with Apex: A Chat Between Apex Intern Veronica J. Gilchrist and Managing Editor Rebecca E. Treasure

Veronica J. Gilchrist and Rebecca E. Treasure | 16 Sep, 2025

Veronica was a great addition to our team, and she’s going to keep reading submissions for us, so she’ll be around. I’m personally...

Nonfiction

Changeling

Frey Lylark | 09 Sep, 2025

Kate was there when the shards burst through her nephew’s skin.

Short Fiction

Book Review: Hana Carolina's The Inescapable March

Rebecca E. Treasure | 04 Sep, 2025

Full of rich emotions from terror to arousal, and beautiful descriptions, this is an exciting and quick read sure to please queer...

Book Reviews

Black Gold

E.M. Kerkman | 02 Sep, 2025

Nothing left but gold.

Short Fiction

Haunt Me, Then

Lyndsie Manusos | 26 Aug, 2025

One of the beautiful and annoying joys about writing, about the stories that take root in our minds and psyches, is that they’ll...

Nonfiction

Denizens of My Face

Emil Morel | 19 Aug, 2025

When I notice someone, Mr. Yoshiba in this case, from a distance, I do what I always do. I feign poor eyesight.

Short Fiction

A Final Song for the Ages

Pedro Iniguez | 14 Aug, 2025

The Esperanza was doomed. The generation ship moaned as it tore apart module by module, plate by plate.

Short Fiction

Interview with Author J.S. Oriel

Marissa van Uden | 12 Aug, 2025

In the darkly delightful “Orion and His Moon” by J. S. Oriel, a sentient supply ship who just wants to do things right is forced...

Interviews

As Ephemeral as Bubbles

Akis Linardos | 07 Aug, 2025

The eyeless children appeared outside my cottage at midnight, blowing bubbles through their wands, bubbles that reflected moonlight...

Short Fiction

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LATEST CONTENT

Interning with Apex: A Chat Between Apex Intern Veronica J. Gilchrist and Managing Editor Rebecca E. Treasure

Changeling

Book Review: Hana Carolina's The Inescapable March

Black Gold

Haunt Me, Then

Denizens of My Face

A Final Song for the Ages

Interview with Author J.S. Oriel

As Ephemeral as Bubbles