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.

Issue 132 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

What Say You by Jason Sizemore

ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION

Have Mercy, My Love, While We Wait for the Thaw by Iori Kusano

Creatures of the Dark Oasis by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

A Country of Eternal Light by Jennifer R. Donohue

Schlafstunde by Lavie Tidhar

Your Space Between by Marie Croke

Notes to a Version of Myself, Hidden in Symphonie fantastique Scores Throughout the Multiverse by Aimee Picchi

CLASSIC FICTION

Sky Boys by Kameron Hurley

Chorus of Whispers by Sarah Hans

NONFICTION

Optics by Kwame Mbalia

Stabilized Love Triangles: Tips on Writing OT3s From a Real Polyamorist by Michelle P. Browne

Book Review: And What We Can Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed (Marissa van Uden)

Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise

INTERVIEWS

Interview with Author Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam by Andrea Johnson

Interview with Author Aimee Picchi by Marissa van Uden

Interview with Cover Artist Galactic Nikita by Bradley Powers