Apex Magazine
I can hear his heart beating in the dark. It’s less the low thrum of my own heart of muscle and flesh, and more like the grandmother clock he brought...
From This Beating Heart, From This Fractured Mind
I can hear his heart beating in the dark. It’s less the low thrum of my own heart of muscle and flesh, and more like the grandmother clock he brought...
The wild yellow dance of flames. The scent of smoke. Your screams. You're in my arms, your fearful voice mumbling unintelligible words. You grip me so tightly, your lacquered nails...
Through Dreams She Moves
The wild yellow dance of flames. The scent of smoke. Your screams. You're in my arms, your fearful voice mumbling unintelligible words. You grip me so tightly, your lacquered nails...
“Come see what I found in the woods,” Timmy Baxter said, and like any child of ten years old, I followed him on that last day of summer without a...
Spitting Image
“Come see what I found in the woods,” Timmy Baxter said, and like any child of ten years old, I followed him on that last day of summer without a...
“June?” I don’t know if that’s the first or hundredth time Norah said my name. Judging by the quick, worried glances she casts my way before returning her eyes to...
Junebug
“June?” I don’t know if that’s the first or hundredth time Norah said my name. Judging by the quick, worried glances she casts my way before returning her eyes to...
“Always begin a tale with breath—stories are living things held between the teller and her audience.” This line, from Victor Forna’s “Kɛrozin Lamp Kurfi,” feels like it’s at the heart...
Interview with Author Victor Forna
“Always begin a tale with breath—stories are living things held between the teller and her audience.” This line, from Victor Forna’s “Kɛrozin Lamp Kurfi,” feels like it’s at the heart...
Breath KADE MAKASI: In … ALL THE CHILDREN: Awt … Storyteller She tells the children to call her Kade Makasi, and if this was one of her stories, she’d describe...
Kɛrozin Lamp Kurfi
Breath KADE MAKASI: In … ALL THE CHILDREN: Awt … Storyteller She tells the children to call her Kade Makasi, and if this was one of her stories, she’d describe...
This month’s cover features artist Aaron Nakahara’s “Flame Ward.” Aaron is a fantasy illustrator, designer, and game creator based in Hawaii. Aaron’s work was also the cover of Apex Magazine...
Interview with Artist Aaron Nakahara
This month’s cover features artist Aaron Nakahara’s “Flame Ward.” Aaron is a fantasy illustrator, designer, and game creator based in Hawaii. Aaron’s work was also the cover of Apex Magazine...