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ByChristi Nogle

Auxiliary, Supplementary, Inessential

So sleep-sick and red-eyed, all of us, because we care so very much. Because we give of ourselves.

ByRebecca E. Treasure

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Apex in September 2024

Apex welcomes you to the declining months of 2024. Join us under the dying leaves, amidst the turbulent winds, and read what our authors have to share.

ByA.C. Wise

Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review

The five stories discussed this time around all deal with the idea of being seen, whose stories get told and how, and who has access to resources and power.

ByAnne Wilkins

Intertwined

Our tattoos find each other. My black snake slithers off my shoulder and curls itself around his dragon.

ByMalon Edwards

I Was a Twelve-Year-Old Black Boy Who Wanted to be a Bene Gesserit

I wanted that wiliness. I wanted to belong to the Sisterhood.

ByPamela Rentz

Loss Prevention

Little hands flailed, the kid grabbed anything to keep moving, then collided with a heavy-duty armrest and plonked down, eyes gazing up with fear and betrayal.

ByMarissa van Uden

Interview with Author Marie Croke

And the thing is, it’s always someone’s loved one, regardless of whether or not they're yours.

ByMarie Croke

A Lullaby of Anguish

We used to cage them in the tide pools, when they were still small enough to capture in our little hands. Pull them out and snap photos that we could pretend to sell to magazines just like Papa.

ByLesley Conner

After receiving several queries about what we mean by previously unpublished authors, and realizing that the definition we originally came up with is limiting and excludes many of the authors we are trying to uplift, the Apex team came together…