Strange. Beautiful. Shocking. Surreal.

International futurists issue guest-edited by Francesco Verso.

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

EDITORIAL
From the Sense of Wonder to the Sense of Wander by Francesco Verso

ORIGINAL FICTION
Soil of Our Home, Storm of Our Lives by Renan Bernardo
Robin’s Last Song by Nina Munteanu
Godmother by Cheryl S. Ntumy
The synchronism of touch by Gabriela Damián Miravete (translated by Sally McCorry)
Dreamports by Tlotlo Tsamaase
Samsāra in a Teacup by Lavanya Lakshminarayan

CLASSIC FICTION
Aethra by Michalis Manolios (translated by Thalia Bisticas)
Francine (draft for the September lecture) by Maria Antònia Martí Escayol (translated by Sue Burke)

NONFICTION
Highlighting Trends in Indian SF in the Twenty-first Century by Tarun K. Saint

REVIEWS
Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by A.C. Wise

INTERVIEWS
An Interview with Author Renan Bernardo by Marissa van Uden
An Interview with Author Nina Munteanu by Rebecca E. Treasure
An Interview with Artist Chiara Topo by Jason Sizemore

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