Apex Magazine

Interview with Hal Duncan

This interview is exhaustive and amazing, so I won’t mince words here: Hal Duncan is the author of The Book of All Hours duology, Vellum and Ink. Vellum won the...

Interview with Hal Duncan

This interview is exhaustive and amazing, so I won’t mince words here: Hal Duncan is the author of The Book of All Hours duology, Vellum and Ink. Vellum won the...

Fangirl Isn't a Dirty Word

It’s not easy being a modern fan. We’re battling decades of institutionalized sexism, racism, and imperialism. We’re working on it. We may still be struggling with all of the —isms...

Fangirl Isn't a Dirty Word

It’s not easy being a modern fan. We’re battling decades of institutionalized sexism, racism, and imperialism. We’re working on it. We may still be struggling with all of the —isms...

I Can Transform You: The Carmillon

As only a few could afford cars, there were few streets in Old Town, only emergency corridors. Most people made do with either the sidewalks or the tram. If they...

I Can Transform You: The Carmillon

As only a few could afford cars, there were few streets in Old Town, only emergency corridors. Most people made do with either the sidewalks or the tram. If they...

Body Language

Saskia leaned into the darkness above the stage, only vaguely aware of the wood rail against her hips as she retied the left headstring on her marionette. On the stage...

Body Language

Saskia leaned into the darkness above the stage, only vaguely aware of the wood rail against her hips as she retied the left headstring on her marionette. On the stage...

The Boy Who Loved Death

TRIGGER WARNING: Some readers may find this story disturbing. White Stones Like StarsOnce far ago and long away, in a sleepy little village on the edge of nowhere, a small...

The Boy Who Loved Death

TRIGGER WARNING: Some readers may find this story disturbing. White Stones Like StarsOnce far ago and long away, in a sleepy little village on the edge of nowhere, a small...

Turning the Whisper

Don’t worry. I know you’re there. I can wait. § Mike was there when Pavi’s kidneys failed. He was there when her liver, swollen and scarred, shut down. And her...

Turning the Whisper

Don’t worry. I know you’re there. I can wait. § Mike was there when Pavi’s kidneys failed. He was there when her liver, swollen and scarred, shut down. And her...

Someone Like You

Narrated by Lynne M. Thomas Athéne — the Athéne who was never mine — used to say that I was always slow to catch on. Even if it wasn’t true...

Someone Like You

Narrated by Lynne M. Thomas Athéne — the Athéne who was never mine — used to say that I was always slow to catch on. Even if it wasn’t true...