Lia eases the vintage blue Impala down the meandering gravel drive. She’s sightless in one eye, which makes it hard to gauge proximity to the looming Douglas firs, but she’s so familiar with the place she could navigate blind.
Read MoreThe Lure of Devouring LightAn unfortunate error has come to my attention regarding issue 46 of Apex Magazine. There was an error made creating the HTML file that is uploaded to the Kindle subscription services website.
Read MoreWords from the PublisherWelcome to issue 47 of Apex Magazine.
We have some marvelous works for you this month. Sofia Samatar’s “Dawn and the Maiden” entwines love, loss, and belief.
Read MoreBlood on Vellum: Notes from the Editor-in-ChiefEmily Yuan, anesthetized by the day’s events, drifted into her apartment, volitionless as a cloud. Her housemate Cece sat on the couch and, without looking up from the glowing tablet in her hands, said, “How was work, Em?”
Read MoreThe Fairy Library
If you were a dinosaur, my love, then you would be a T-Rex. You’d be a small one, only five feet, ten inches, the same height as human-you. You’d be fragile-boned and you’d walk with as delicate and polite a gait as you could manage on massive talons. Your eyes would gaze gently from beneath your bony brow-ridge.
Read MoreIf You Were a Dinosaur, My LoveShe caught treasures from the ship with her sisters; dangerous, exotic objects that plummeted through the water. Metal not yet rusted; fractured glass and timbers not yet smoothed by the sea; woven filaments as delicate as jellyfish, and as treacherous.
Read MoreMermaid’s Hook“If you drink a tea brewed from the plastic shavings of his credit cards, then his fortunes will fall and yours will rise—but beware the price.” Zoe leaned forward and lowered her voice. “There is always a price. In this case, the carcinogenic effects of scalded plastic will exact that price.”
Read MoreDeath Comes Sideways to the MallWelcome to issue 46 of Apex Magazine!
We have some stellar fiction for you this month. This issue features “Death Comes Sideways to the Mall,” a piece by Will Alexander about a really bad shopping day.
Read MoreBlood on Vellum: Notes from the Editor-in-ChiefJust for giggles, let’s start with bona fides. I’m going to be talking about fake geeks and casual fandom, after all, and I wouldn’t want anyone to take me too seriously on that front.
Read MoreI Married A Fake Geek Girl; A Defense of Casual Fandom