Apex Magazine is an digital journal of fantastical fiction. We publish short stories filled with marrow and passion, works that are twisted, strange, and beautiful. Creations where secret places and dreams are put on display. We release in two forms: a quarterly eBook issue and a gradual release of the entire issue online between quarterly releases. Along with the genre short fiction, there are interviews with authors and nonfiction essays about current genre matters.
Editor-in-Chief
Lesley Conner is the Editor-in-Chief of Apex Magazine,as well as a writer and a Girl Scout leader. Her first novel,The Weight of Chains,was published by Sinister Grin Press in September, 2015. She has co-edited four anthologies with Jason Sizemore, including Do Not Go Quietly and Apex Magazine 2021. Her latest anthology project, The Map of Lost Places (co-edited with Sheree Renée Thomas), will come out in April, 2025. She lives in Maryland with her husband, daughters, and her dog Oz, and is currently working on a new novel. To find out all her secrets, you can follow her on Instagram at @lesley_conner, and Bluesky at @lesleyconner.bsky.social.
Managing Editor
Rebecca is the managing editor (and flash fiction editor) of Apex Magazine. Fueled by cheese-covered starch and corgi fur, she writes stories exploring the relationship between self and society when not playing Stardew Valley or raising her kids. Find her on the internet via https://linktr.ee/rebeccaetreasure.
Special Fiction Editor
Maurice Broaddus is the special fiction editor. A community organizer and teacher, Maurice Broaddus’s work has appeared in Lightspeed Magazine, Weird Tales, Apex Magazine, Asimov’s, Cemetery Dance, Black Static, and many more. Some of his stories have been collected in The Voices of Martyrs. He is the author of the urban fantasy trilogy,The Knights of Breton Court,and the middle grade detective novel series,The Usual Suspects.
Nonfiction Editor
ZZ Claybourne is an author, critic, and blogger on culture and creativity. He believes a writer can be like an actor, inhabiting a delightful variety of roles and genres; however, his heart belongs to speculative fiction, with fiction and essays appearing in Strange Horizons,Vex Mosaic, Alt History 101, Reverie Journal, Stupefying Stories, The City (a cyberfunk anthology), and others. His official website is www.WriteonRighton.com.
