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Mountain
“Today is the day I’m finally going to get you to tell me what is up with you never going on land,” the Captain declared, arching an eyebrow.
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APEX MAGAZINE
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The Invention of Speculative Fiction in Spain
The actual literary landscape in Spain is quite gloomy if compared with equivalent European markets. The situation is a mixture of “highs” and “lows”: high taxes on books, and roaring unemployment rate; low percentage of readers among the general public, minimal credibility of the successive administrations, due to mismanagement and numerous scandals. The general political climate is in turmoil, even though it seems there are timid signs of recuperation in the economic front.
Read MoreThe Invention of Speculative Fiction in SpainFrozen Planet
Behind that door evil lived. It was the same door, there was no doubt about it; Lawrence recognised the patterns on the wood and the little notches and ridges. The snow poured madly over its surface, pushing with all its force.
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Roger came back in the middle of Christmas break, when Chas had two essays due and a soon-to-be-full house to deal with, and was struggling not to sleep more than ten hours every day. Tito Rick and the twins arrived from New Jersey that morning.
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Six Things We Found During the Autopsy
A Playboy was hidden behind her jaw, rolled and bent like she had stashed it there in a hurry. Black and white alarm clocks were pasted over the women’s breasts and the words !wUt aLarming bOobeez! were scrawled across the stomachs. It was hard to tell if she had done this herself or if someone else had done it for her.
Read MoreSix Things We Found During the AutopsyChild, Funeral, Thief, Death
Being a sensitive is difficult to explain. There is no omen at birth, no weather phenomenon, no annunciation to herald my arrival. I am a normal child by all accounts, with five fingers and toes, nappy rash, and cradle cap.
Read MoreChild, Funeral, Thief, DeathWords from the Editor-in-Chief
Welcome to issue 76!
Read MoreWords from the Editor-in-ChiefKing of the Bastards (Excerpt)
ROGAN KEPT HIS EYES CLOSED, LISTENING TO THE SEAGULLS shrieking above, feeling the ruined vessel rock gently on the waves. Then he knew no more, until—
Read MoreKing of the Bastards (Excerpt)Interview with Cover Artist Billy Norrby
An interview with our cover artist.
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