Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful. 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 135 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews. EDITORIAL Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION The Big Glass Box and the Boys Inside by Isabel J. Kim Carnival Ever After by Mari Ness The Immortal Game by Lindz McLeod River Bargain Baby by K.S. Walker Daughter, Mother, Charcoal by Akis Linardos The Wreck of the Medusa by Jordan Kurella FLASH FICTION Experimental Protocol for the Coronal Sectioning of a Human Soul by Sagan Yee Walking the Deep Down by Michelle Denham CLASSIC FICTION Message in a Vessel by V.G.Harrison Your Rover is Here by LP Kindred NONFICTION The Radical Nature of Slipstream Fiction by Eugen Bacon What Underlies Our Conversations about Witches by Monica Valentinelli Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise INTERVIEWS Interview with Author Isabel J. Kim by Marissa van Uden Interview with Author Akis Linardos by Marissa van Uden Interview with Cover Artist Asya Yordanova by Bradley Powers
