Apex Magazine Issue 142

Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful.

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

EDITORIAL
Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner

ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION
Spread the Word by Delilah S. Dawson
Born a Ghost by Nadia Bongo
Just You and Me, Now by KT Bryski
When No One Has to Say Goodbye by Elisabeth Ring

FLASH FICTION
Then Came the Ghost of My Dead Mother, Antikleia by Nadia Radovich
For As Long As You Want It by Kanishk Tantia

CLASSIC FICTION
The Man Who Fed Dilophosaurs by M.M. Olivas
The Enduring by Eugen Bacon

NONFICTION
I Like Movies Too: Loving Movies Made for the Male Gaze by Somer Canon
Horror Tells Me I'm Not Alone by John Wiswell
Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise

INTERVIEWS
Interview with Author Nadia Bongo by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Author Elisabeth Ring by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Cover Artist Adrian Borda by Bradley Powers