Eva tossed her backpack on the picnic bench and hollered to Giancarlo. “I’m heading to the creek to cut some willow branches for the summoning spell.”The historian strode up the hill from their car with his gear slung over one shoulder and somehow managed to look like a runway model straight from Milan.
Read MoreWeaving DreamsWorldcon felt like a destination wedding held on a cruise ship where you and several thousand of your closest friends gathered for a completely overscheduled weekend with the world’s most frantic activities director.
Read MoreApex Magazine Goes to the HugosWelcome to Apex Magazine Issue 41.
Summer is turning into autumn, and in this issue, we look at transformations. Cecil Castellucci’s “Always the Same. Till it is Not” challenges our assumptions about the thought processes of zombies.
Read MoreBlood on Vellum: Notes from the Editor-in-ChiefBelly rumbles. Step over stones. This group. Together. Always together.
Read MoreAlways the Same. Till it Is Not.In the final decades of her rule that was characterized by an intense yearning to preserve memory, Mon Jiera, Reina of Lusan, Protector of Bisyas, and First Citizen of Danao, decreed the creation of a precise replica of her three maritime kingdoms.
Read MoreSimon’s ReplicaAPEX MAGAZINE: To start off, I just finished reading “Weaving Dreams,” and had to ask: what was the genesis of this story? How did the idea of combining Native American legend and European Fae mythology come to you, and what in particular sparked the passion to write this specific story?
Read MoreAn Interview with Mary Robinette Kowal