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 FICTION
"Shadows Below Seaway Trains" by Ai Jiang
"I Remember a One-Sided Die" by Francis Bass
"Seven Ribbons" by Beth Goder
"Heart Seeds" by E. Thede
"Lies As the Natural State of Things" by Rich Larson
FLASH FICTION
"To Kill a Language" by Rukman Ragas
"Extenta" by Daniel Roop
"Things the Older Boy Understands" by Sierra Branham (6/10)
DRABBLE FICTION WINNERS
"As It Comes" by Derek Alan Jones
"Swan Song" by Liam Hogan
"The Fifth Horseman" by Cressida Roe (6/24)
CLASSIC FICTION
"The Liberation of Brother Buffalo" by Michael Boatman
"The Neighbors" by L. Marie Wood
ESSAYS
"Readers & Role-play: Experiencing Your Favorite Stories Through Play" by Semaj Saint Garbutt
"Perfection, And the Bridges Between" by Eugen Bacon (6/17)
REVIEWS
Words for Thought (Short Fiction Review) by A.C. Wise
Book Review of One Level Down by Mary G. Thompson (Leah Ning)
Book Review of A Palace Near the Wind by Ai Jiang (Leah Ning)
INTERVIEWS
Author Ai Jiang (Marissa van Uden)
Author Francis Bass (Marissa van Uden)
Artist Yorgos Contronis (Bradley Powers)
