Apex Magazine

Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™

In the Great American Indian novel, when it is finally written, all of the white people will be Indians and all of the Indians will be ghosts. —Sherman Alexie, How...

Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™

In the Great American Indian novel, when it is finally written, all of the white people will be Indians and all of the Indians will be ghosts. —Sherman Alexie, How...

Lazarus and the Amazing Kid Phoenix

The first thing the Old Man told me was this: “Sometimes folks just don’t die right.” So I’m gonna tell you a story about what that means, and I want...

Lazarus and the Amazing Kid Phoenix

The first thing the Old Man told me was this: “Sometimes folks just don’t die right.” So I’m gonna tell you a story about what that means, and I want...

Multo

My dad liked to say, “Ang nakaraan ay hindi kailanman nawawala, nalilimutan lamang,” or rather, “The past is never gone, only forgotten.” Whether a salawikain of the Philippines or something...

Multo

My dad liked to say, “Ang nakaraan ay hindi kailanman nawawala, nalilimutan lamang,” or rather, “The past is never gone, only forgotten.” Whether a salawikain of the Philippines or something...

Keep Talking

Gerald’s stomach clenched as he approached his daughter, Sarah. She sat at her computer, her back to the world, as intent as a cat scenting a mouse. “Sweetie, I have...

Keep Talking

Gerald’s stomach clenched as he approached his daughter, Sarah. She sat at her computer, her back to the world, as intent as a cat scenting a mouse. “Sweetie, I have...

A Matter of Shapespace

Jacob stared at the pyramid he had not built. It stabbed up from the center of his otherwise empty room, its three sides so steep they were nearly vertical, converging...

A Matter of Shapespace

Jacob stared at the pyramid he had not built. It stabbed up from the center of his otherwise empty room, its three sides so steep they were nearly vertical, converging...

Blood from Stone

He had no idea that I loved him. He barely acknowledged that I existed, a maid twice over, little more than a shadow in empty hallways. Trapped in unhappy marriage...

Blood from Stone

He had no idea that I loved him. He barely acknowledged that I existed, a maid twice over, little more than a shadow in empty hallways. Trapped in unhappy marriage...

Sexagesimal

00:41 “You can see summer from here,” said Zoya. “On a clear day, anyway. And September’s a ten-minute walk.” Teskia looked toward the hills, fingers tapping the sill. “What’s your...

Sexagesimal

00:41 “You can see summer from here,” said Zoya. “On a clear day, anyway. And September’s a ten-minute walk.” Teskia looked toward the hills, fingers tapping the sill. “What’s your...