Apex Magazine Issue 138

APEX MAGAZINE is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy genre zine that features award-winning short fiction, essays, and interviews. Established in 2009, our fiction has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards.

We publish every other month.

Issue 138 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews.

EDITORIAL

Editorial by Lesley Conner

ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION

The Relationship of Ink to Blood by Alex Langer

Ncheta by Chisom Umeh

Thank Mother for Your Life by Mary G. Thompson

Chupa Sangre by Tre Harris Salas

A World Unto Myself by P.A. Cornell

Lady Koi-Koi: A Book Report by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

FLASH FICTION

Measure Twice, Cut Once by K.R. March

Smoke Fire Wind Sea by Valerie Kemp

CLASSIC FICTION

A Mastery of German by Marian Denise Moore

An Inventory of the Property of the Escaped Suspect, Confiscated at the Time of Her Arrest Following the Incident on Ash Street, with Annotations by Acting Sheriff Helena Fairwind by Tim Pratt

NONFICTION

Words Wielded by Women by Carina Bissett

INTERVIEWS

Interview with Author Alex Langer by Marissa van Uden

Interview with Author Tre Harris Salas by Marissa van Uden

Interview with Artist Robson Michel by Bradley Powers