Short Fiction

APEX MAGAZINE

Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful.

APEX MAGAZINE

Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful.

Genre short fiction from Apex Magazine

My brothers imagined themselves the first to speak without mouths...

I was eight years old the first time I spoke to cancer.

My first memory is of orderly rows of human skulls placed on glass shelves.

Meanwhile, I’m checking out Coyote. Seriously, the dude’s not even trying to hide. To me, he looks like an actual dog dressed in an Armani suit.

River Street’s never hard to find; in fact, you’re likely to stumble into it while looking for somewhere else entirely.

When Amelia turned fourteen, everyone assured her that she’d find her fairy soon.

Monday. “Pisces. You started showing your hidden skills and people are noticing! Accept the changes that are coming.”

I watched my love die in the claw of a Scorpion Man.

When he learn he couldn’t have one, he did find a child in the water.