Apex Magazine

Gasping

When he learn he couldn’t have one, he did find a child in the water. You figure this part goes without saying, ent? That a girl found gasping on the...

Gasping

When he learn he couldn’t have one, he did find a child in the water. You figure this part goes without saying, ent? That a girl found gasping on the...

La Ciguapa, For the Reeds, For Herself

Have you lost me yet? The trick question, as if I am something to be found and kept, locked in your chest of bones. Yes, I implicate you. But you...

La Ciguapa, For the Reeds, For Herself

Have you lost me yet? The trick question, as if I am something to be found and kept, locked in your chest of bones. Yes, I implicate you. But you...

Prism

Narrated by Blythe Haynes. If I dream I dream of being electrocuted. You wouldn’t believe how gently it begins. § First it’s in my toes, like they’re being suckled on...

Prism

Narrated by Blythe Haynes. If I dream I dream of being electrocuted. You wouldn’t believe how gently it begins. § First it’s in my toes, like they’re being suckled on...

Interview with Author Eden Royce

A freshwater Geechee from South Carolina, now residing in England, Eden’s short fiction has appeared just about everywhere: FIYAH, Podcastle, Fireside Fiction, Truancy Magazine, Siren’s Call, and the anthologies Sycorax’s...

Interview with Author Eden Royce

A freshwater Geechee from South Carolina, now residing in England, Eden’s short fiction has appeared just about everywhere: FIYAH, Podcastle, Fireside Fiction, Truancy Magazine, Siren’s Call, and the anthologies Sycorax’s...

For Southern Girls When the Zodiac Ain’t Near Enough

The woman you go to see for your reading isn’t old, but her eyes have aged more than her skin as if she’s seen horrors but hasn’t learned to hide...

For Southern Girls When the Zodiac Ain’t Near Enough

The woman you go to see for your reading isn’t old, but her eyes have aged more than her skin as if she’s seen horrors but hasn’t learned to hide...

For Southern Girls When the Zodiac Ain’t Near Enough

The woman you go to see for your reading isn’t old, but her eyes have aged more than her skin as if she’s seen horrors but hasn’t learned to hide...

For Southern Girls When the Zodiac Ain’t Near Enough

The woman you go to see for your reading isn’t old, but her eyes have aged more than her skin as if she’s seen horrors but hasn’t learned to hide...

Under Ancient Stars, New Dreams Are Born

Cultural astronomer Jarita C. Holbrook studies the sky lore of indigenous African nations, whose mythology and spiritual cosmology reflect their stories, values, and culture. Her research takes her throughout the...

Under Ancient Stars, New Dreams Are Born

Cultural astronomer Jarita C. Holbrook studies the sky lore of indigenous African nations, whose mythology and spiritual cosmology reflect their stories, values, and culture. Her research takes her throughout the...