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APEX MAGAZINE is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy genre zine that features award-winning short fiction, essays, and interviews. Established in 2009, our fiction has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards.

We publish every other month.

Issue 140 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews.

EDITORIAL

Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner

ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION

Whisper Songs by Lyndsie Manusos

Quietus by Zohair

Life Wager by Lucy Zhang

Kɛrozin Lamp Kurfi by Victor Forna

Junebug by Sarah Hollowell

Spitting Image by Rich Larson

FLASH FICTION

Brainpink Umber by Chelsea Sutton

From This Beating Heart, From This Shattered Mind by Elisabeth Ring

CLASSIC FICTION

Memories of the Old Sun by Eugen Bacon

Through Dreams She Moves by Tonya Liburd

NONFICTION

Experiences: On Not Being Creative Enough to Be Creative by Dana Cameron

The Spanish Scene by Mariano Villarreal

INTERVIEWS

Interview with Author Lyndsie Manusos by Marissa van Uden

Interview with Author Victor Forna by Marissa van Uden

Interview with Cover Artist Aaron Nakahara by Bradley Powers