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

EDITORIAL

Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner

ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION

And She Had Been So Reasonable by Rachel Bolton

Birds of a Feather by Rachael Severino

What Happens When a Planet Falls From the Sky? by Danny Cherry Jr.

Their Wings as Powdery as Bones by Avra Margariti

Ceasing to Be by Garrett Ashley

FLASH FICTION

Your Return to the Five Ruins of the Bog by Parker M. O'Neill

Let Her Collect Stamps by Juniper White

CLASSIC FICTION

The Boy With the Golden Arm by Danian Darrell Jerry

NPC (or Eight Haxploits to Maximize Your Endgame Farming: A Player's Guide) by Davaun Sanders

NONFICTION

The Tyranny of High Concept by Robert V.S. Redick

Pariahs by Zohair

Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise

Book Review: Kerstin Hall's Asunder by Leah Ning

Book Review: Layla Martinez's Woodworm by Lesley Conner

INTERVIEWS

Interview with Author Avra Margariti by Marissa van Uden

Interview with Author Rachael Severino by Marissa van Uden

Interview with Cover Artist Asya Yordanova by Bradley Powers