Apex Magazine

The Fish Bowl

Su Yin was hiding the first time the fish spoke to her. It was three o'clock on a Thursday and she was at Puan Lai's house for Maths Teras tuition....

The Fish Bowl

Su Yin was hiding the first time the fish spoke to her. It was three o'clock on a Thursday and she was at Puan Lai's house for Maths Teras tuition....

Rhizomatic Diplomacy

Talpo lived in the past tense now, unable to maintain the traditional human pretense of a pilot consciousness operating in simultaneity with events. Only a memory, that sense of control...

Rhizomatic Diplomacy

Talpo lived in the past tense now, unable to maintain the traditional human pretense of a pilot consciousness operating in simultaneity with events. Only a memory, that sense of control...

The Flowering of Peace

So close to home, rich fold upon fold, the land rolled hot and heavy. Scruffy guava and taller kinnow trees lined up along the path to greet Noor upon her...

The Flowering of Peace

So close to home, rich fold upon fold, the land rolled hot and heavy. Scruffy guava and taller kinnow trees lined up along the path to greet Noor upon her...

The Matriarchs

Narrated by Bobbie Chet —after Loh Siew Kee, Ngo Koh Hwee, and Nai Nai 1. SPACE: OUTER BELT—UNSPECIFIED COORDINATES DUE TO LACK OF INDIVIDUALIZED LOCALITYTIME: ZERO The pilot of the...

The Matriarchs

Narrated by Bobbie Chet —after Loh Siew Kee, Ngo Koh Hwee, and Nai Nai 1. SPACE: OUTER BELT—UNSPECIFIED COORDINATES DUE TO LACK OF INDIVIDUALIZED LOCALITYTIME: ZERO The pilot of the...

Loving Bone Girl

“When I die, I want you to keep my bones.” Vasanthi floats in the dark pool, the softness of her voice punctuated by softer drops of water from stalactites. “You...

Loving Bone Girl

“When I die, I want you to keep my bones.” Vasanthi floats in the dark pool, the softness of her voice punctuated by softer drops of water from stalactites. “You...

Liwani

When the air in Kaluwalhatian shifted with the final exhale of an old woman on the mortal plane, the thread fell through Liwani’s fingertips. A little more color bled out...

Liwani

When the air in Kaluwalhatian shifted with the final exhale of an old woman on the mortal plane, the thread fell through Liwani’s fingertips. A little more color bled out...

Your Wings a Bridge Across the Stars

On her seventh birthday, Park Yunhee received her mask and her magpie. Both, she was told, would grow as she did. “One you must wear so no one will know...

Your Wings a Bridge Across the Stars

On her seventh birthday, Park Yunhee received her mask and her magpie. Both, she was told, would grow as she did. “One you must wear so no one will know...