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

EDITORIAL
Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner

ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION
Those Left Behind by Kanishk Tantia
At Night She Dreams of Silverfish by Monica Joyce Evans
Down the Dust Hatch by Derrick Boden
The Clown Watches the Clown by Sara S. Messenger
The Art the Owls Can't Swallow by Spencer Nitkey
The Jukebox Man by Natalia Theodoridou

FLASH FICTION
Out of Print by Wen Wen Yang
To Rise Again by Kelsea Yu

CLASSIC FICTION
Abode by Jermane Cooper
Wanderlust by LP Kindred

NONFICTION
The Wonder of the Weird West by Nicole Givens Kurtz
Get Bored by Rebecca E. Treasure
Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise
Book Review: Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera by Leah Ning

INTERVIEWS
Interview with Author Kanishk Tantia by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Author Sara S. Messenger by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Cover Artist Tom Edwards by Bradley Powers