Apex Magazine

As Ephemeral as Bubbles

The eyeless children appeared outside my cottage at midnight, blowing bubbles through their wands, bubbles that reflected moonlight like stained glass.

As Ephemeral as Bubbles

The eyeless children appeared outside my cottage at midnight, blowing bubbles through their wands, bubbles that reflected moonlight like stained glass.

The Price of Moss

Day 1. Carbon Footprint offset: 0% Across the silver table, the Council of Three regards me with milky-white eyes and veins green with chlorophyll. A woman with eyebrow strands the...

The Price of Moss

Day 1. Carbon Footprint offset: 0% Across the silver table, the Council of Three regards me with milky-white eyes and veins green with chlorophyll. A woman with eyebrow strands the...

What Is Conjured Shall Vanish

Grimoire in hand, I grasp a bundle of dried leaves and stinging pine needles as I chant: “Become rice to fill her belly. Manifest spice to please her tongue. If...

What Is Conjured Shall Vanish

Grimoire in hand, I grasp a bundle of dried leaves and stinging pine needles as I chant: “Become rice to fill her belly. Manifest spice to please her tongue. If...

Interview with Author Akis Linardos

In the beautiful and tragic “Daughter, Mother, Charcoal” by Akis Linardos, a woman grows up in the small confines of her home, repressed by a violent controlling father and a...

Interview with Author Akis Linardos

In the beautiful and tragic “Daughter, Mother, Charcoal” by Akis Linardos, a woman grows up in the small confines of her home, repressed by a violent controlling father and a...

Daughter, Mother, Charcoal

When I was a little girl, Mum would wrap potatoes in aluminum foil, then put them deep into the blazing hearth between the coals and grandma’s bones. Mum would hold...

Daughter, Mother, Charcoal

When I was a little girl, Mum would wrap potatoes in aluminum foil, then put them deep into the blazing hearth between the coals and grandma’s bones. Mum would hold...