Apex Magazine is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy genre zine that features award-winning short fiction, essays, and interviews. Established in 2009, our fiction has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards.
EDITORIAL
Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner
ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION
"And She Had Been So Reasonable short story by Rachel Bolton" by Rachel Bolton
"Birds of a Feather" by Rachael Severino
"What Happens When a Planet Falls from the Sky?" by Danny Cherry Jr.
"Their Wings as Powdery as Bones" by Avra Margariti
"Ceasing to Be" by Garrett Ashley
FLASH FICTION
"Your Return to the Five Ruins of the Bog" by Parker M. O'Neill
"Let Her Collect Stamps" by Juniper White
CLASSIC FICTION
"The Boy with the Golden Arm" by Danian Darrell Jerry
"NPC (or Eight Haxploits to Maximize Your Endgame Farming: A Player's Guide)" by DaVaun Sanders
NONFICTION
"The Tyranny of High Concept" by Robert V.S. Redick
"Pariahs" by Zohair
REVIEWS
Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by A.C. Wise
Book Review: Kerstin Hall's Asunder by Leah Ning
Book Review: Layla Martinez's Woodworm by Lesley Conner
INTERVIEWS
Interview with Author Avra Margariti by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Author Rachael Severino by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Artist Asya Yordanova by Bradley Powers
EXCERPT
Island of the Dead by Brian Keene (11/21)
