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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 144 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews.

EDITORIAL

Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner

ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION

Those Left Behind by Kanishk Tantia

At Night She Dreams of Silverfish by Monica Joyce Evans

Down the Dust Hatch by Derrick Boden

The Clown Watches the Clown by Sara S. Messenger

The Art the Owls Can't Swallow by Spencer Nitkey

The Jukebox Man by Natalia Theodoridou

FLASH FICTION

Out of Print by Wen Wen Yang

To Rise Again by Kelsea Yu

CLASSIC FICTION

Abode by Jermane Cooper

Wanderlust by LP Kindred

NONFICTION

The Wonder of the Weird West by Nicole Givens Kurtz

Get Bored by Rebecca E. Treasure

Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise

Book Review: Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera by Leah Ning

INTERVIEWS

Interview with Author Kanishk Tantia by Marissa van Uden

Interview with Author Sara S. Messenger by Marissa van Uden

Interview with Cover Artist Tom Edwards by Bradley Powers