Apex Magazine

A Wave on the Sea: Ursula K. Le Guin

You will die. You will not live forever. Nor will any man nor any thing. Nothing is immortal. But only to us is it given to know that we must...

A Wave on the Sea: Ursula K. Le Guin

You will die. You will not live forever. Nor will any man nor any thing. Nothing is immortal. But only to us is it given to know that we must...

Persistence of Vision: Black Panther

“An artist is somebody who helps you see reality again.” ~ James Baldwin There are those who see reality in terms of numbers, so let’s talk numbers. As of this...

Persistence of Vision: Black Panther

“An artist is somebody who helps you see reality again.” ~ James Baldwin There are those who see reality in terms of numbers, so let’s talk numbers. As of this...

Words for Thought #21

Welcome to February’s Words for Thought! This month’s stories are all about bodies—how they are viewed, how they are treated, their autonomy, and the ways in which we relate to...

Words for Thought #21

Welcome to February’s Words for Thought! This month’s stories are all about bodies—how they are viewed, how they are treated, their autonomy, and the ways in which we relate to...

Words for Thought #20

Welcome to the first Words for Thought of 2018. Aswe slide from one year into the next, it seems appropriate to focus on stories about worlds intersecting, liminal spaces, and...

Words for Thought #20

Welcome to the first Words for Thought of 2018. Aswe slide from one year into the next, it seems appropriate to focus on stories about worlds intersecting, liminal spaces, and...

Orrin Evans: The Pioneer of Black Comic Book Publishing

The first time I walked into a comic book store, I was eight years old. The town I lived in at the time didn’t have a local comic book shop,...

Orrin Evans: The Pioneer of Black Comic Book Publishing

The first time I walked into a comic book store, I was eight years old. The town I lived in at the time didn’t have a local comic book shop,...

Fear of Failure 2.0

I’ve been here before, sitting in front of an Excel spreadsheet filled with story titles and word counts, trying to decide what to include in a collection. The first time...

Fear of Failure 2.0

I’ve been here before, sitting in front of an Excel spreadsheet filled with story titles and word counts, trying to decide what to include in a collection. The first time...

Words for Thought #19

Well, here we are at the end of 2017. It’s been a year, hasn’t it? But through it all, fiction has brought me joy, as have the people who create...

Words for Thought #19

Well, here we are at the end of 2017. It’s been a year, hasn’t it? But through it all, fiction has brought me joy, as have the people who create...