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ByHannah Yang

Everything in the Garden is Lovely

Now that I’ve failed as a woman, my punishment is to become a garden.

ByMarissa van Uden

Interview with Author Nika Murphy

There was a video going around early on in the invasion of a young Russian soldier being surrounded and fed by a bunch of Ukrainian women. That’s the epitome of the Ukrainian spirit.

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Snap Judgment Episode 10

Apex Magazine is excited to present SNAP JUDGMENT Episode 10 of our rapid-fire, live-streamed critique series. Every quarter, industry professionals Lesley Conner, Rebecca E Treasure, and a special guest offer live feedback on the first page (up to 250 words) of genre short stories or novels. Stories are read by our talented host and narrator, Aly Grauer. We are pleased to announce that our special guest editor for this event is author and editor Rae Wilde!

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Issue 143

Issue 143, with Original Fiction by Nika Murphy, Hannah Yang, Renan Bernardo, Natasha King, and Leah Ning. Flash Fiction by Andrew Kozma and Lyndsey Croal. Holiday Horrors Microfiction by Kati Bumbera, Faith Allington, and Circe Moskowitz. Classic Fiction by Christopher Caldwell and Eden Royce. Essays by Shiv Ramdas and E.D.E. Bell.

ByLesley Conner

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Musings from Maryland

I’ve been calling this issue the plant body-horror issue for a while now around the Apex offices. Stories filled with rich dirt and growing things and gardens and pain.

ByNika Murphy

The Ghost Tenders of Chornobyl

Not all the ghosts of Chornobyl died in 1986. Some died years—decades—later, bodies ravaged by mutated cells. They were a hundred kilometers away, not realizing their favorite mug was doused with irradiated atoms from the destroyed reactor.

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Mo*con Flash Fiction Contest Winner

His adoptive countrymen favored more permanent assembly – rivets or welds – but Yasuke preferred flexibility. He’d seen too many fellow soldiers cut down because they lost their gun-arm or wakizashi mount with no recourse. Their seams wrenched open, brittle and bent.

ByJohn Wiswell

Horror Tells Me I’m Not Alone

For decades, horror has been where I’ve gone to unwind. Not a week passes when I’m not reading it, watching it, or playing it.

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Apex in March 2024

Welcome to March. This in-between time of a year is a good time to reflect as things either come back to growth and life in spring or begin to quiet themselves for the winter. Issue 143 is the perfect companion, and our ongoing events give us lots to look forward to. Join us!