Apex Magazine

Interview with Cover Artist Irek Konior

This month’s cover artist for Apex Magazine is Irek Konior, a Polish illustrator and artist. The beautifully painted, layered work on this month’s cover is just one aspect of Konior’s...

Interview with Cover Artist Irek Konior

This month’s cover artist for Apex Magazine is Irek Konior, a Polish illustrator and artist. The beautifully painted, layered work on this month’s cover is just one aspect of Konior’s...

Nemesis

Poe died of rabies, didn’t he? Died raving, at any rate. Here we are at end in a cheap motel along the lost highway. You’ve been walking for a long...

Nemesis

Poe died of rabies, didn’t he? Died raving, at any rate. Here we are at end in a cheap motel along the lost highway. You’ve been walking for a long...

Reconstituted

Of course Mum and Dad have to live on opposite sides of the galaxy. Neither will relent, so I gotta spend halfa Xmas day with Mums, then get my atoms...

Reconstituted

Of course Mum and Dad have to live on opposite sides of the galaxy. Neither will relent, so I gotta spend halfa Xmas day with Mums, then get my atoms...

Christmas is Coming

Each year, I watch you sleep. I like that you are still, and breathing, and quiet, and it’s a game to keep you that way. Sometimes I’ll move closer—carefully, carefully—running...

Christmas is Coming

Each year, I watch you sleep. I like that you are still, and breathing, and quiet, and it’s a game to keep you that way. Sometimes I’ll move closer—carefully, carefully—running...

Memory Tree

VERSION ONE New “Gravestone” Mimics Life There’s a new way to exit this world—by never really leaving. At least that’s the idea behind Shawna Herze and Edward Blanhurst’s innovative new...

Memory Tree

VERSION ONE New “Gravestone” Mimics Life There’s a new way to exit this world—by never really leaving. At least that’s the idea behind Shawna Herze and Edward Blanhurst’s innovative new...

A Letter to Santa

Dear Santa, Am I on your good list? Mum and Dad reckon I’ve been good, and brave. I did eat a chunk of Christmas pudding last year and blamed it...

A Letter to Santa

Dear Santa, Am I on your good list? Mum and Dad reckon I’ve been good, and brave. I did eat a chunk of Christmas pudding last year and blamed it...

Shiny Boots and Corinthians: Writing Historical Fiction without Cliches

I can't be the only Apex reader who loves Regency romances—but in case I am, Regency romances are to Jane Austen what steampunk is to Jules Verne. There are some...

Shiny Boots and Corinthians: Writing Historical Fiction without Cliches

I can't be the only Apex reader who loves Regency romances—but in case I am, Regency romances are to Jane Austen what steampunk is to Jules Verne. There are some...