Strange. Beautiful. Shocking. Surreal.

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 125 contains the following:

EDITORIAL

Editorial by Jason Sizemore

Words from the Honorary Special Editor by Jeffery Reynolds

ORIGINAL FICTION

COTTONMOUTH by Joelle Wellington

Next to Cleanliness by Rose Keating

Discontinuity by Jared Millet

Candyland by Maggie Slater

Gift for the Cutter Man by D. Thomas Minton

Wake Up, I Miss You by Rachel Swirsky

CLASSIC FICTION

Deep Night by Tenea D. Johnson

The Ever-Dreaming Verdict of Plagues by Jason Sanford

The Rat by Yohanca Delgado

INTERVIEWS

Interview with Author Joelle Wellington by Andrea Johnson

Interview with Author Rose Keating by Andrea Johnson

Interview with Cover Artist Marcela Bolívar by Russell Dickerson

NONFICTION

Alone? Or, How a Survivalist Reality TV Show Defangs Publishing's Narrow Definition of Agency by Maria Dong

Flesh Eggs by Ken MacGregor

REVIEWS

Review of Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest

Review of Malefactor by Robert Repino

Words for Thought: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise