Apex Magazine

Interview with Author Joelle Wellington

A Southern Gothic horror story with the structure of a fairy tale, Joelle Wellington’s powerful “COTTONMOUTH” is a southern-flavored gender-flipped riff on Koschei the Deathless, complete with a separated death,...

Interview with Author Joelle Wellington

A Southern Gothic horror story with the structure of a fairy tale, Joelle Wellington’s powerful “COTTONMOUTH” is a southern-flavored gender-flipped riff on Koschei the Deathless, complete with a separated death,...

Discontinuity

Stars snap into place outside Lura’s cockpit. A red giant twenty degrees off her ship’s nose has visibly shifted position. The nebula above her has grown more diffuse. She exhales,...

Discontinuity

Stars snap into place outside Lura’s cockpit. A red giant twenty degrees off her ship’s nose has visibly shifted position. The nebula above her has grown more diffuse. She exhales,...

Alone? or, How a Survivalist Reality TV Show Defangs Publishing’s Narrow Definition of Agency

I am neither an intrepid hero nor a good naturalist. I once passed out during an easy hike up Seoraksan, a Korean mountain renowned for the beauty of its hiking...

Alone? or, How a Survivalist Reality TV Show Defangs Publishing’s Narrow Defi...

I am neither an intrepid hero nor a good naturalist. I once passed out during an easy hike up Seoraksan, a Korean mountain renowned for the beauty of its hiking...

Interview with Author Rose Keating

You are happy. You are healthy. You take good care of yourself. But you could be happier. You could be healthier. You could take better care of yourself. If you...

Interview with Author Rose Keating

You are happy. You are healthy. You take good care of yourself. But you could be happier. You could be healthier. You could take better care of yourself. If you...

Next to Cleanliness

‘I’ve been feeling a bit down, I suppose,’ Catherine said, ‘and my friend recommended you. She said you might be able to help.’ The doctor made a humming noise. He...

Next to Cleanliness

‘I’ve been feeling a bit down, I suppose,’ Catherine said, ‘and my friend recommended you. She said you might be able to help.’ The doctor made a humming noise. He...

Deep Night

Between death and birth lies a deep night. In it, the soul stretches out, comes apart at the seams, and disperses, to eventually recreate itself anew. Evangeline always imagined it...

Deep Night

Between death and birth lies a deep night. In it, the soul stretches out, comes apart at the seams, and disperses, to eventually recreate itself anew. Evangeline always imagined it...

Book Review: Malefactor by Robert Repino

For those of you who have been waiting for Robert Repino’s final novel in the saga of the war with no name, I present Malefactor. Split into five points of...

Book Review: Malefactor by Robert Repino

For those of you who have been waiting for Robert Repino’s final novel in the saga of the war with no name, I present Malefactor. Split into five points of...