Apex Magazine Issue 146 - Apex Magazine, #146

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

EDITORIAL
Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner

ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION
Kizimbani by Eugen Bacon and Clare E. Rhoden
And Someone Has to Do It by Koji A Dae
A Tapestry of Dreams by Victor Forna
What Good Daughters Do by Tia Tashiro
The Price of Moss by Akis Linardos

FLASH FICTION
The Eight Things You'll Never Be Now That You're Slowly Turning Into a Giant Spider Creature by Alex Sobel
A Very Short History of the Discovery and Origin of Homo Sapiens Microplasticus in Three Parts by Joshua Ginsberg

CLASSIC FICTION
Remembered Salt by E. Catherine Tobler
Halogen Sky by Wendy N. Wagner

NONFICTION
Ancient Aliens, Clones, and Growing Up as a SFF Reader in Brazil by Renan Bernardo
Nature Abhors a Vacuum: Writing in Solitude by Jordan Kurella
Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise
Book Review: John Wiswell's Someone You Can Build a Nest In by Leah Ning

INTERVIEWS
Interview with Authors Eugen Bacon and Clare E. Rhoden by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Author Tia Tashiro by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Cover Artist Marco Mazzoni by Bradley Powers