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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 151

Apex Magazine Issue 151
Cover art by Natasa Ilincic

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
"Liecraft" by Anita Moskát, translated by Austin Wagner
"Ghosts of Summer" by Catherine Tavares (10/21/25)
"Code Green" by Rebecca Johnson (11/04/25)
"We Used to Wake to Song" by Leah Ning (11/18/25)
"The Horrible Conceit of Death and Night" by J.A. Prentice (12/02/25)
Excerpt from ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction — "The Water Runner" by Eugen Bacon (10/30/25)

FLASH FICTION
"The Fate You Choose" by Nadia Radovich (10/14/25)
"FAQ on My Vagina Dentata" by Jarune Uwujaren (11/11/25)
"Cassandra and the Changeling" by R.J. Sterling (12/09/25)

ESSAYS
"Dust, Stars, and Shadows: How Western Genre Literature Helped Shape Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror" by Michael Knost (11/06/25)
"More than Lighting: Speculative Noir" by Premee Mohamed (12/18/25)
"Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review" by A.C. Wise (10/23/25)

CLASSIC FICTION
"Before, After, and the Space Between" by Kel Coleman (11/25/25)
"Come Here, Ofelia" by Cynthia Gómez (10/28/25)

INTERVIEWS
Interview with Author Anita Moskát and Translator Austin Wagner by Marissa van Uden (10/09/25)
Interview with Author Leah Ning by Marissa van Uden (11/13/25)
Interview with Artist Natasa Illincic by Bradley Powers (12/04/25)

THE MASKS WE WEAR
"Exuviae" by Mari Harrison (10/16/25)
"Don't Hide from the Mirror" by Nico Martinez Nocito (11/13/25)
"Involuntary Self" by Jim Horlock (12/11/25)

REACH YOUR APEX WEIRD WEST FLASH
"Horse and Rider" by Christine Beres (12/16/25)