We have just about wrapped up our year of original short fiction. Again, thank you to our readers, subscribers, and backers! We were honored to receive the British Fantasy Award for Best Magazine, as well as celebrate our authors and stories from 2021 that garnered nominations.
We’re proud of the outstanding fiction and authors we had the opportunity to publish in 2022!
Quick by-the-numbers for stat fanatics.
- 6 issues released (Issues 129-134)
- 36 original stories published
- 160,000 words of original fiction
There are a number of prestigious awards honoring works of science fiction and fantasy. Perhaps most notable of these are the Hugo Awards and the Nebula Awards. We're currently eligible for the This is Horror Awards as Zine of the Year - voting is open until January 7.
The stories listed below are eligible in the short fiction categories of most major SF/F awards.
Additionally, Jason Sizemore and Lesley Conner are eligible for the Hugo Award category of Best Editor (Short Form). They’re a co-editing team, so if you’d like to nominate Jason and Lesley, please nominate them together.
Apex Magazine 2022 Short Fiction
Issue 129
It Happened in ‘Loontown by Lavie Tidhar
City Lights by Yilun Fan, translated by S. Qiouyi Lu
Sheri, At This Very Moment by Bianca Sayan
What Una Loves by Rich Larson
Lamia by Cristina Jurado (translated by Monica Louzon)
The Cure for Loneliness by M. Shaw
Issue 130
It Rises and Falls and Rises Again by RJ Taylor
Tenure by Devon Mihesuah
The First Promise We Break by Risa Wolf
Nine Theories of Time by Spencer Nitkey
To Live and Die in Dixieland by Russell Nichols
Strata by Benjamin Blattberg
Issue 131
Hoodie by Tonya Liburd
A Monster in the Shape of a Boy by Hannah Yang
The Fruit of the Princess Tree by Sage Tyrtle
Americana! by Sam Asher
In the Monster’s Mouth by Tim Waggoner
Shevitsa by Koji A. Dae
Issue 132
Have Mercy, My Love, While We Wait for the Thaw by Iori Kusano
Creatures of the Dark Oasis by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
A Country of Eternal Light by Jennifer R. Donohue
Schlafstunde by Lavie Tidhar
Your Space Between by Marie Croke
Notes to a Version of Myself, Hidden in Symphonie fantastique Scores Throughout the Multiverse by Aimee Picchi
Issue 133
On the Sunlit Side of Venus by Benjamin Parzybok
The Day When the Last War is Over by Sergey Gerasimov
The Skinless Man Counts to Five by Paul Jessup
Nothing that Bleeds by Leah Ning
Kings and Popes and Saints by Jon Hansen
Ten Steps for Effective Mold Removal by Derrick Boden
Issue 134
The Walking Mirror of the Soul by Renan Bernardo
The Healer by Jennifer Marie Brissett
The Words by Clelia Farris, translated by Rachel Cordasco
Observations of a Small Object in Decaying Orbit by Margaret Dunlap
Butirub by Samit Basu
Learning to Accept What’s to Come by Scott Edelman
