Apex Magazine

What Una Loves

Una enters the operating theatre to thunderous applause. The conical bank facing her is packed with the digital avatars of thousands of viewers, all stuttering through various clapping or cheering...

What Una Loves

Una enters the operating theatre to thunderous applause. The conical bank facing her is packed with the digital avatars of thousands of viewers, all stuttering through various clapping or cheering...

That Rough-Hewn Sun

In a time of siege, familiar topography becomes foreign and fluid. It is not a matter of deprivation but a strangeness that’s descended like a mirage, making a labyrinth of...

That Rough-Hewn Sun

In a time of siege, familiar topography becomes foreign and fluid. It is not a matter of deprivation but a strangeness that’s descended like a mirage, making a labyrinth of...

Sheri, At This Very Moment

By Bianca Sayan | Narrated by JV Hampton-VanSant Every time I wake Sheri up, I want to sit her down and distill, reduce, refine. What is important to her? What...

Sheri, At This Very Moment

By Bianca Sayan | Narrated by JV Hampton-VanSant Every time I wake Sheri up, I want to sit her down and distill, reduce, refine. What is important to her? What...

O2 Arena

This story is dedicated to Voke Omawunmi Stephen, Emeka Walter Dinjos, and all those struggling with cancer and other similar ailments. Especially to beautiful young Nigerians who had to and...

O2 Arena

This story is dedicated to Voke Omawunmi Stephen, Emeka Walter Dinjos, and all those struggling with cancer and other similar ailments. Especially to beautiful young Nigerians who had to and...

City Lights

Translated by S. Qiouyi Lu First Act Nanfeng Industrial Building, Jade Mountain River hesitated, her right index finger hovering over a large panel of buttons. The elevator before her was...

City Lights

Translated by S. Qiouyi Lu First Act Nanfeng Industrial Building, Jade Mountain River hesitated, her right index finger hovering over a large panel of buttons. The elevator before her was...

It Happened in ‘Loontown

By Lavie Tidhar | Narrated by Drew Mierzejewski 1. ‘Hold it right there, gasbag.’ The red balloon turned. The beam of a searchlight from high above momentarily crisscrossed the dark...

It Happened in ‘Loontown

By Lavie Tidhar | Narrated by Drew Mierzejewski 1. ‘Hold it right there, gasbag.’ The red balloon turned. The beam of a searchlight from high above momentarily crisscrossed the dark...

Francine (draft for the September lecture)

Ashes to ashesDavid Bowie Helena Jans van der Strom gave birth in 1635 to a girl, Francine, who fell ill with scarlet fever when she was five years old. What...

Francine (draft for the September lecture)

Ashes to ashesDavid Bowie Helena Jans van der Strom gave birth in 1635 to a girl, Francine, who fell ill with scarlet fever when she was five years old. What...