APEX MAGAZINE: "During the Pause" is an intense story both in its moral questions and in its personal immediacy. As a reader, I suspect I'm not the only one who had to hold my breath for five seconds at the end, or the only one who had to think about what I would do.
Read MoreAn Interview with Adam-Troy CastroIt was Christmas eve, 1970, and Sonny Liston was about the furthest thing you could imagine from a handsome man.
Read MoreSonny Liston Takes the FallUnless you’re a professional wrestling fan, you’ve probably never heard of Al Snow. A wrestler who hit the heights of the mid-card in the nineties, he’s never been one of the wrestling fraternity that has broken through into the public consciousness the way main event stars like Hulk Hogan and Steve Austin did.
Read MoreAl Snow’s Advice for SF Writers
Regina sat by her father’s bedside, staring down at his gaunt frame as he shifted his bony legs, trying and failing to get comfortable. She didn’t want him to die. Why was it taking him so long to die?
Read MoreSacrifice“You can see summer from here,” said Zoya. “On a clear day, anyway. And September’s a ten-minute walk.”
Read MoreSexagesimalThis message is being transmitted to every member of your species, and to the individuals of the several other intelligent species, observed and unobserved, that share your world with you.
Read MoreDuring the PauseWelcome to Issue 40 of Apex Magazine.
This month, we have some splendid new fiction. Adam-Troy Castro provides a challenging moral twist on the first contact story in “During the Pause.”
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