Apex Magazine Issue 129

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

EDITORIAL

Editorial by Jason Sizemore

ORIGINAL FICTION 

It Happened in 'Loontown by Lavie Tidhar 

City Lights by Yilun Fan (translated by S. Qiouyi Lu) 

Sheri, At This Very Moment by Bianca Sayan 

What Una Loves by Rich Larson 

Lamia by Cristina Jurado (translated by Monica Louzon) 

The Cure for Loneliness by M. Shaw

CLASSIC FICTION 

O2 Arena by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki 

That Rough-Hewn Sun by Benjanun Sriduangkaew

NONFICTION 

Tie Me to the Mast (Metaphorically Speaking): Social Writing in the Age of the Pandemic by C.S.E. Cooney 

The Importance of Presenting Disabilities in Literature by Mercedes M. Yardley

REVIEWS 

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

Book Review: Black Chain by Dominic Martell (reviewed by Keturah Barchers) 

Book Review: Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn (reviewed by Tracy Robinson)

INTERVIEWS 

Interview with Author M. Shaw by Marissa van Uden 

Interview with Author Bianca Sayan by Rebecca E. Treasure 

Interview with Cover Artist Luka Brico by Russell Dickerson