Welcome to Issue 55 of Apex Magazine. We’re closing out the year with a great selection of stories. In this issue, we open with “What You’ve Been Missing,” a rumination on hippocamps by Maria Dahvana Headley.

Welcome to Issue 54 of Apex Magazine. In this issue, my penultimate as Editor–in–Chief, I’m sharing some bittersweet stories and poetry along with a good laugh.

Welcome to Issue 53 of Apex Magazine. This month, I’m pleased to bring you three new stories. Shira Lipkin’s “Becca at the End of the World” is a heartfelt tale of the zombie apocalypse.

Welcome to Issue 52 of Apex Magazine. I’m really pleased to share these stunning stories with you. Anaea Lay’s “Turning the Whisper,” provides a meditation on artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and death.

Welcome to Issue 51 of Apex Magazine. This issue has some exceptional new fiction from Charlie Jane Anders, who brings us a superhero tale from a rather different perspective, in her story “Victimless Crimes.”

Welcome to Issue 50 of Apex Magazine. We’re really pleased to be here. Fifty issues is a milestone, so we’re celebrating with some fantastic new content by many of my favorite creators, both in the magazine and now in audio format!

Welcome to issue 49. We have a gorgeous tale about a young girl who sells stories that come to life from Ms. Tang Fei, as translated by Ken Liu, “Call Girl.” This is the first time that this story has appeared in English, after winning an online SF/F contest in China.

Welcome to issue 48 of Apex Magazine. Emily Jiang’s “The Binding of Ming–tian” sketches the tension of between art and family expectations. E. Lily Yu’s “Ilse, Who Saw Clearly” takes us on a journey of perception, love, and struggle.

Welcome 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.