Apex Magazine

Words for Thought: November 2023

Welcome back to “Words for Thought”! After a brief hiatus the column has returned, and just in time for the tail end of spooky season. These five stories all deal...

Words for Thought: November 2023

Welcome back to “Words for Thought”! After a brief hiatus the column has returned, and just in time for the tail end of spooky season. These five stories all deal...

Wet, Dry, Bitter

After You are thirsty, sitting at the smooth black table in the school science lab, and there are two choices before you: one glass of acid. One glass of water....

Wet, Dry, Bitter

After You are thirsty, sitting at the smooth black table in the school science lab, and there are two choices before you: one glass of acid. One glass of water....

Homewrecker

Episode 60 Transcription by @jbutler22 0:01 Murray: Hey there, I’m Dean Murray and this is a special episode of Homewrecker. We’re on the road this week, heading up to historic...

Homewrecker

Episode 60 Transcription by @jbutler22 0:01 Murray: Hey there, I’m Dean Murray and this is a special episode of Homewrecker. We’re on the road this week, heading up to historic...

Dog is in the Details

Yes, there are a million articles about authors and their cats. They wax rhapsodic about the cat as the perfect author's pet, the one who tolerates your affection but does...

Dog is in the Details

Yes, there are a million articles about authors and their cats. They wax rhapsodic about the cat as the perfect author's pet, the one who tolerates your affection but does...

Nightglow Pizza

There was no grass on CX2389, only a soft blueish foam that cracked along the ground to reveal a bubbling purple gunk underneath. The haunting outline of CX2389’s near dead...

Nightglow Pizza

There was no grass on CX2389, only a soft blueish foam that cracked along the ground to reveal a bubbling purple gunk underneath. The haunting outline of CX2389’s near dead...

Interview with Author J.S. Breukelaar

In “Hole World” by J.S. Breukelaar, the world as we know it has undergone a sudden vast and gory change of management. The few human survivors are trapped in their...

Interview with Author J.S. Breukelaar

In “Hole World” by J.S. Breukelaar, the world as we know it has undergone a sudden vast and gory change of management. The few human survivors are trapped in their...

Hole World

The Whole Foods where Justin works is a block from the beach, close enough to smell it. Apart from the rusting cars in the parking lot and the blood-spattered branches...

Hole World

The Whole Foods where Justin works is a block from the beach, close enough to smell it. Apart from the rusting cars in the parking lot and the blood-spattered branches...