Apex Magazine

Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review

Welcome to another Words for Thought. This time around, I’m looking at stories that deal with memory, perception, loss and letting go, and how all these things might inform and...

Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review

Welcome to another Words for Thought. This time around, I’m looking at stories that deal with memory, perception, loss and letting go, and how all these things might inform and...

Extenta

Content Warning(s) Jix, floating in the airlock as the art grav clicks off; Jix, perched before her fall from the salvage ship Currus; Jix, released, inverted as the outer door...

Extenta

Content Warning(s) Jix, floating in the airlock as the art grav clicks off; Jix, perched before her fall from the salvage ship Currus; Jix, released, inverted as the outer door...

Interview with Francis Bass

In “I Remember a One-Sided Die” by Francis Bass, the narrator introduces the reader to a world that is familiar and comforting (a family dinner, with chat about the workday)...

Interview with Francis Bass

In “I Remember a One-Sided Die” by Francis Bass, the narrator introduces the reader to a world that is familiar and comforting (a family dinner, with chat about the workday)...

I Remember a One-Sided Die

Content warnings: None Translated by Jiang Caterina, with minor abridgments, from the recorded audio of the interview conducted by Bell Thea. Yesterday, the morning meal was not sumptuous. No, it...

I Remember a One-Sided Die

Content warnings: None Translated by Jiang Caterina, with minor abridgments, from the recorded audio of the interview conducted by Bell Thea. Yesterday, the morning meal was not sumptuous. No, it...

The Liberation of Brother Buffalo

My name is William Singleton. Back when I had friends, they called me Will, so I suppose you folks can call me that too. I’ve noticed some of you flinching...

The Liberation of Brother Buffalo

My name is William Singleton. Back when I had friends, they called me Will, so I suppose you folks can call me that too. I’ve noticed some of you flinching...

Readers & Role-Play: Experiencing Your Favorite Stories Through Play

What makes us fall in love with a story? Do we see ourselves in the characters, the champions with whom we can identify and invest? Is it the world itself,...

Readers & Role-Play: Experiencing Your Favorite Stories Through Play

What makes us fall in love with a story? Do we see ourselves in the characters, the champions with whom we can identify and invest? Is it the world itself,...

To Kill a Language

⁠Content warnings 1. To kill a language, you must first rip it from living throats. Don't look so askance; you knew it already. The dead can't speak unless called and...

To Kill a Language

⁠Content warnings 1. To kill a language, you must first rip it from living throats. Don't look so askance; you knew it already. The dead can't speak unless called and...