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ByTaryn Frazier

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Every Shade of Healing

“I’m Fiona,” I say, holding out a hand. When she shrinks away, I back off. Some people who come to me don’t want to be touched more than necessary.

ByApex Magazine

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Submissions Open for Robotic Ambitions

Submissions for Robotic Ambitions are officially open!

ByLavie Tidhar

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Unboxing

Evie sits cross-legged on the carpet, glued to the screen. She loves Riley. Everyone loves Riley.

ByBradley Powers

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Interview with Artist Lenka Šimečková

Basically, just play with the silent language of shapes and textures, picking some and letting go of others.

ByA.C. Wise

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The stories this time around tend toward the melancholy, exploring the idea of sacrifice, frequently embodied by characters who are asked or expected to make way for others by carrying burdens that are too big for them alone.

ByBeth Dawkins

Beautiful Poison in Pastel

Pastel is beautiful against black. I cannot tell you where I first saw a flash of mint green, or where I’d heard of the word mint. It was bottled inside my head, waiting for the cracks in the sky to flash pale blue. The sky, they say, will be blue at the end of times, when the pastel eats us all.

ByMarissa van Uden

Interview with Author Coda Audeguy-Pegon

The tricky thing about discussing systemic flaws/shortcomings/violence is you’re trying to describe something that has been actively normalized and made invisible over generations.

ByCoda Audeguy-Pegon

Episode 99: Over Moonlit Clouds

"Over Moonlit Clouds" by Coda Audeguy-Pegon - published in Apex Magazine, issue 136, March 2023.

ByCoda Audeguy-Pegon

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Over Moonlit Clouds

It’s sad to think that casting blame on the airline may have caused her ultimate undoing. The moment corporate profits were in jeopardy, the debate got ugly. Some big law firm with too many old-money names on the letterhead got involved, and they had no qualm stoking prejudice to redirect blame. In the eyes of the public, they made her into a monster.