Apex Magazine

Denizens of My Face

When I notice someone, Mr. Yoshiba in this case, from a distance, I do what I always do. I feign poor eyesight.

Denizens of My Face

When I notice someone, Mr. Yoshiba in this case, from a distance, I do what I always do. I feign poor eyesight.

A Final Song for the Ages

The Esperanza was doomed. The generation ship moaned as it tore apart module by module, plate by plate.

A Final Song for the Ages

The Esperanza was doomed. The generation ship moaned as it tore apart module by module, plate by plate.

Interview with Author J.S. Oriel

In the darkly delightful “Orion and His Moon” by J. S. Oriel, a sentient supply ship who just wants to do things right is forced to go off-course to check...

Interview with Author J.S. Oriel

In the darkly delightful “Orion and His Moon” by J. S. Oriel, a sentient supply ship who just wants to do things right is forced to go off-course to check...

As Ephemeral as Bubbles

The eyeless children appeared outside my cottage at midnight, blowing bubbles through their wands, bubbles that reflected moonlight like stained glass.

As Ephemeral as Bubbles

The eyeless children appeared outside my cottage at midnight, blowing bubbles through their wands, bubbles that reflected moonlight like stained glass.

Orion and His Moon

Space is loud, crowded with the teeth grinding of radio galaxies, the whine of accretion disks spinning dust into strings.

Orion and His Moon

Space is loud, crowded with the teeth grinding of radio galaxies, the whine of accretion disks spinning dust into strings.

We Who Hunt Alexanders

I killed my first Alexander at seventeen. That was also the age I fell in love, an emotion supposedly beyond my kind.

We Who Hunt Alexanders

I killed my first Alexander at seventeen. That was also the age I fell in love, an emotion supposedly beyond my kind.

What the Crab Apple Tree Near Miranda Spaceport Saw

1.8 billion miles from the sun, my roots dig deep into the soil of a small garden.

What the Crab Apple Tree Near Miranda Spaceport Saw

1.8 billion miles from the sun, my roots dig deep into the soil of a small garden.