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ByDerrick Boden

Down the Dust Hatch

Life is transactional. Give this, get that. It’s the first law of thermodynamics, nothing personal. No sense getting dust-fucked over it.

ByNicole Givens Kurtz

The Wonder of the Weird West

How weird the American west must’ve been to freed slaves and women traveling from the East. People seeking adventure, land, gold, and freedom in the wilds of the western United States.

ByMonica Joyce Evans

At Night She Dreams of Silverfish

The ocean is a woman and it is dreaming, dreaming, Ekaterina thinks as she holds the hardsuit’s arm open, ready to clip a sample.

ByCherie Priest

Cinderwich

The first Ellen Thrush has probably been dead all this time—and it’s not that I don’t care, exactly. I care, I think. I’m curious at least.

ByMarissa van Uden

Interview with Author Kanishk Tantia

“Those Left Behind” by Kanishk Tantia is a thoughtful, gentle story about both humans and machines navigating grief, love, and loss in their own ways. At its heart, it is also a coming-of-age story for a machine, if machines can…

ByApex Magazine

Issue 144

Issue 144, with Original Fiction by Kanishk Tantia, Monica Joyce Evans, Derrick Boden, Sara S. Messenger, Spencer Nitkey, and Natalia Theodoridou. Flash Fiction by Wen Wen Yang and Kelsea Yu. Classic Fiction by Jermane Cooper and LP Kindred. Essays by Nicole Givens Kurtz and Rebecca E. Treasure.

ByLesley Conner

Musings from Maryland

Welcome to Apex Magazine issue 144.

ByKanishk Tantia

Those Left Behind

Three pieces of toast—dark on one side, light on the other. A cup of coffee. Rosh’s preference is Blend 14, with hints of Sub-Saharan Africa and caramel, delivered tepid with more milk than expresso.

ByA.C. Wise

Words for the gift short fiction review by ac wise.

Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review

This time around, we have a group of stories that explore the notion of identity, self-determination, and what counts as “real”, as seen through the lens of fantasy, science fiction, and horror.