Apex Magazine

Interview with Author Leah Ning

In “We Used to Wake to Song,” humans are sacrificing their living bodies to help save the planet. They have become features of the environment, their flesh rotting but never...

Interview with Author Leah Ning

In “We Used to Wake to Song,” humans are sacrificing their living bodies to help save the planet. They have become features of the environment, their flesh rotting but never...

We Used to Wake to Song

Salty swell over my head, tugging me back, the raw and tender creases of my elbows against the forearms they're linked with. Brine up my nose, in my mouth. The...

We Used to Wake to Song

Salty swell over my head, tugging me back, the raw and tender creases of my elbows against the forearms they're linked with. Brine up my nose, in my mouth. The...

Book Review: A PALACE NEAR THE WIND by Ai Jiang

In A Palace Near the Wind by Ai Jiang, Lufeng—a Wind Walker with skin made of bark and hair made of needle threads—is to be married to the King of...

Book Review: A PALACE NEAR THE WIND by Ai Jiang

In A Palace Near the Wind by Ai Jiang, Lufeng—a Wind Walker with skin made of bark and hair made of needle threads—is to be married to the King of...

Book Review: ONE LEVEL DOWN by Mary G. Thompson

One Level Down, by Mary G. Thompson, starts with Ella, a fifty-eight-year-old woman trapped in the body of a child by a man who forces her to act like the...

Book Review: ONE LEVEL DOWN by Mary G. Thompson

One Level Down, by Mary G. Thompson, starts with Ella, a fifty-eight-year-old woman trapped in the body of a child by a man who forces her to act like the...

Book Review: Roanne Lau's The Serpent Called Mercy

The world, characters, and story had me hooked from start to finish, culminating in a really satisfying way.

Book Review: Roanne Lau's The Serpent Called Mercy

The world, characters, and story had me hooked from start to finish, culminating in a really satisfying way.

Book Review: Sam Asher's Really Shockingly Bad Things and Other Stories

Sam Asher’s Really Shockingly Bad Things and Other Stories is one of those books that is not meant to be devoured, but instead to be chewed over, savored, and digested...

Book Review: Sam Asher's Really Shockingly Bad Things and Other Stories

Sam Asher’s Really Shockingly Bad Things and Other Stories is one of those books that is not meant to be devoured, but instead to be chewed over, savored, and digested...

Book Review: John Wiswell's Someone You Can Build a Nest In

I’ve been excited to read Someone You Can Build a Nest In since I knew John Wiswell was writing a book. I’m absolutely charmed by his writing, some of my...

Book Review: John Wiswell's Someone You Can Build a Nest In

I’ve been excited to read Someone You Can Build a Nest In since I knew John Wiswell was writing a book. I’m absolutely charmed by his writing, some of my...