Here at Apex Magazine, we pride ourselves on finding shining new voices in genre fiction. From the smoothness of Ginger Weil’s “The Stagman’s Song,” you would never guess this is her first fiction sale. With imagery pulled from her childhood, Weil has woven an eerie tale of hunting, of isolation, of family curses, and of escaping the trappings (literally) of living on the mountain.
Read MoreInterview with Ginger WeilCatherine Denvir is an artist whose career path has taken her from illustration — a vocation in which her work appears in many publications — into painting to satisfy a growing fascination for the media, while working with a multitude of painting disciplines.
Read MoreInterview with Catherine DenvirYou’ve seen Kris Millering’s fiction in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Lightspeed, Devilfish Review, and The Colored Lens, and this month Apex Magazine is proud to present “Coins for Their Eyes,” a grim but hopeful story about a woman who was recruited into a very strange occupation on the day she refused to die.
Read MoreInterview with Kris MilleringJeff Ward is a digital illustrator with an eye for painting fantastic worlds and characters. He’s done work for various big house comic book publishers, as well as game developers and magazines. Apex Magazine is very fortunate to have his work ‘Planet Base’ grace the cover of this issue.
Read MoreInterview with Cover Artist Jeff WardAs you may have already discovered, Seth Dickinson’s “Economies of Force” is not an easy story to read. It does start out a little humorous, but then takes a dark turn towards an uneasy yet mesmerizing nihilism.
Read MoreInterview with Seth DickinsonJohn Moran’s short fiction has been published in Escape Pod, Penumbra, and Nature. He spent some time owning an art gallery, which was perhaps one of the many inspirations of “The Sandbirds of Mirelle,” which Apex Magazine is thrilled to present this month.
Read MoreInterview with John MoranCyril Rolando is a digital artist located in southern France. Although illustration is not his main profession, Cyril’s artistic renderings can easily capture the imagination of any viewer.
Read MoreInterview with Cyril RolandoAPEX MAGAZINE: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself as an illustrator?
ASHLEY MACKENZIE: I’m a Canadian illustrator based out of Toronto, Ontario. I graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design last year and I’ve been freelancing ever since.
Read MoreInterview with Ashley MackenzieVictor Fernando R. Ocampo was born in the Philippines and now lives in Singapore, where his speculative fiction is inspired by everything from childhood experiences to everyday moments on the train (often with added spaceships, monsters, robots, and other creations usually not found on the train).
Read MoreInterview with Victor Fernando R. Ocampo