Editorials

I never set out to publish an issue with an agenda … but fiction, especially speculative fiction, is inherently political.

Welcome to Apex Magazine issue 147.

We’re closing out 2024 with an absolutely brutal issue. Manipulation, coercion, emotional...

Welcome to Apex Magazine issue 146.

It’s funny the way issues come together. When selecting the original fiction, I thought I...

Welcome to Apex Magazine issue 145.

This issue we bring you four original short stories that are dark and weird and have a strangely...

Welcome to Apex Magazine issue 144.

As I’m writing this, a large part of the United States just experienced the solar eclipse...

Welcome to Apex Magazine issue 143.

I’ve been calling this issue the plant body-horror issue for a while now around the Apex offices...

Welcome to Apex Magazine issue 142! We’re kicking off 2024 with tales that are unsettling and creepy. What better way to fill...

Welcome to issue 141. As 2023 winds down, we all should be slowing a bit, settling in for a cozy holiday season, reflecting on...

Welcome to Apex Magazine issue 140!

While working on this issue, I slowly came to think of it as the Apex ASMR issue. It’s quieter...