Apex Magazine Issue 125

<p>Strange. Beautiful. Shocking. Surreal.</p>





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