Apex Magazine Issue 149

Apex Magazine is a digital short fiction genre zine with a focus on dark science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

Issue 149 contains the following:

EDITORIAL
Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner

ORIGINAL FICTION
"Shadows Below Seaway Trains" by Ai Jiang
"I Remember a One-Sided Die" by Francis Bass
"Seven Ribbons" by Beth Goder
"Heart Seeds" by E. Thede
"Lies As the Natural State of Things" by Rich Larson

FLASH FICTION
"To Kill a Language" by Rukman Ragas
"Extenta" by Daniel Roop
"Things the Older Boy Understands" by Sierra Branham

DRABBLE FICTION WINNERS
"As It Comes" by Derek Alan Jones
"Swan Song" by Liam Hogan
"The Fifth Horseman" by Cressida Roe

CLASSIC FICTION
"The Liberation of Brother Buffalo" by Michael Boatman
"The Neighbors by L. Marie Wood

ESSAYS
"Readers & Role-play: Experiencing Your Favorite Stories Through Play" by Semaj Saint Garbutt
"Perfection, And the Bridges Between" by Eugen Bacon

REVIEWS
Words for Thought (Short Fiction Review) by A.C. Wise
Book Review of One Level Down by Mary G. Thompson (Leah Ning)
Book Review of A Palace Near the Wind by Ai Jiang (Leah Ning)

INTERVIEWS
Author Ai Jiang (Marissa van Uden)
Author Francis Bass (Marissa van Uden)
Artist Yorgos Contronis (Bradley Powers)