Apex Magazine

I Call Upon the Night as Witness

Sawan’s head rolled back and onto the woman’s shoulder. She was woken up when the woman jerked. Sawan wiped the drool off her chin and drank the last sip of...

I Call Upon the Night as Witness

Sawan’s head rolled back and onto the woman’s shoulder. She was woken up when the woman jerked. Sawan wiped the drool off her chin and drank the last sip of...

Hank in the South Dakota Sun

Today’s the day that Hank is going to die. I haven’t told him yet, but I have to. Soon. We’re making good time, eating up miles of track as we...

Hank in the South Dakota Sun

Today’s the day that Hank is going to die. I haven’t told him yet, but I have to. Soon. We’re making good time, eating up miles of track as we...

BOOK REVIEW: How to Get to Apocalypse and Other Disasters by Erica L. Satifka

It’s generally easier to break things than to make them. So while there are an unlimited number of ways to have an apocalypse, there are precious few ways to fix...

BOOK REVIEW: How to Get to Apocalypse and Other Disasters by Erica L. Satifka

It’s generally easier to break things than to make them. So while there are an unlimited number of ways to have an apocalypse, there are precious few ways to fix...

Accost Me, SFF, and Waste My Time

1. Language is truth-obsessed. Every declarative sentence attempts to form facts, with all the surety and sangfroid of an ice cube tray. All interrogatives climb a mountain in search of...

Accost Me, SFF, and Waste My Time

1. Language is truth-obsessed. Every declarative sentence attempts to form facts, with all the surety and sangfroid of an ice cube tray. All interrogatives climb a mountain in search of...

Whose Mortal Taste

i. “‘Because I am human, and you are not.’” Oriole I tilted its head. “Those are the last words he said.” One of its eyes drifted upwards to the sky,...

Whose Mortal Taste

i. “‘Because I am human, and you are not.’” Oriole I tilted its head. “Those are the last words he said.” One of its eyes drifted upwards to the sky,...

Interview with Author Erin K. Wagner

If we program AI robots to be curious about their creators, they’ll be curious. If we program them to want to create more of themselves, that is what they’ll want....

Interview with Author Erin K. Wagner

If we program AI robots to be curious about their creators, they’ll be curious. If we program them to want to create more of themselves, that is what they’ll want....

In Haskins

Everyone, both the young and the old, went about their lives as usual on the day of the Mask Festival. The downtown streets were covered with colored leaves and Mr....

In Haskins

Everyone, both the young and the old, went about their lives as usual on the day of the Mask Festival. The downtown streets were covered with colored leaves and Mr....