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BySam J. Miller

To Die Dancing

Half a block away I could feel it already, the old giddiness, the limb-tingling bliss at being about to dance, to sweat, to shake my body beside other bodies, and that’s when I knew I was in true mortal peril.

ByLesley Conner

Short Fiction Appreciation by Mahvesh Murad

This article had the potential to be an endless list of short stories I have loved and still do. I thought I’d spare you that, and write about just a few that introduced me to the idea of what a…

ByRich Larson

Short Fiction Appreciation by Rich Larson

Most short stories are forgettable. Not necessarily bad, but forgettable. You read them and you say, huh. Or hmm. Or nice. And move on. Some of them you like enough to bookmark, but, like with most bookmarks, you never actually…

ByAndrea Johnson

Interview with Apex Author Russell Nichols

An interview with our featured author.

ByJason Sizemore

Words from the Editor-in-Chief

Welcome to issue 78!

ByRussell Nichols

a black and white drawing of people in a courtroom.

Blood on Beacon Hill

The black boy on trial smells the blood. That sweet, sweet hemoglobin, boiling now under the blushed skins of the dying race. He can smell mousse, too, and putrid sweat.

ByRussell Dickerson

Interview with Cover Artist Joshua Hutchinson

An interview with our issue 77 cover artist.

ByAaron Saylor

Me and Jasper, Down By the Meth Shack

Me and Jasper was down by Pookie Dotson’s meth shack, waitin’ for Pookie to show up with his special bag of Halloween goodies.

ByAndrea Johnson

Interview with author D.K. Thompson

An interview with our featured author.