Apex Magazine

Words for Thought #15

Welcome to August's Words for Thought. This month's stories are all about assumptions, perceptions, and characters who are more than they seem beneath the surface of their skin. The Ache...

Words for Thought #15

Welcome to August's Words for Thought. This month's stories are all about assumptions, perceptions, and characters who are more than they seem beneath the surface of their skin. The Ache...

The Trip

According to time dilation, Corie was thirty-two years old. Her best friend in the universe, Amy? She was dying. The cancer resisted the chemo drugs and, despite stasis, spread like...

The Trip

According to time dilation, Corie was thirty-two years old. Her best friend in the universe, Amy? She was dying. The cancer resisted the chemo drugs and, despite stasis, spread like...

Interview with Cover Artist Dana Tiger

This month’s Apex Magazine cover artist is Dana Tiger, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and known for her watercolor, gouache, and acrylic paintings. Her work has been featured...

Interview with Cover Artist Dana Tiger

This month’s Apex Magazine cover artist is Dana Tiger, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and known for her watercolor, gouache, and acrylic paintings. Her work has been featured...

Skinny Charlie’s Orbiting Teepee

“My order said plank house,” Skinny Charlie told the clerk. “Teepee isn’t the same as plank house.” The images on the glowing sign faded before resetting. The spinning letters dropped...

Skinny Charlie’s Orbiting Teepee

“My order said plank house,” Skinny Charlie told the clerk. “Teepee isn’t the same as plank house.” The images on the glowing sign faded before resetting. The spinning letters dropped...

Indigenous Wonderworks and the Settler-Colonial Imaginary

Indigenous and other minoritized writers have often had to take on the task of challenging stereotypes and misrepresentations, to offer our stories as imaginative and humanizing interventions against the dehumanizing...

Indigenous Wonderworks and the Settler-Colonial Imaginary

Indigenous and other minoritized writers have often had to take on the task of challenging stereotypes and misrepresentations, to offer our stories as imaginative and humanizing interventions against the dehumanizing...

Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™

In the Great American Indian novel, when it is finally written, all of the white people will be Indians and all of the Indians will be ghosts. —Sherman Alexie, How...

Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™

In the Great American Indian novel, when it is finally written, all of the white people will be Indians and all of the Indians will be ghosts. —Sherman Alexie, How...

Interview with Author Allison Mills

Ghost stories aren’t always scary. Yes, a ghost story can make for a compelling and unforgettable horror story, but if you were to make a Venn diagram of the overlap...

Interview with Author Allison Mills

Ghost stories aren’t always scary. Yes, a ghost story can make for a compelling and unforgettable horror story, but if you were to make a Venn diagram of the overlap...