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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 134 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews.

EDITORIAL

Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner

ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION

The Walking Mirror of the Soul by Renan Bernardo

The Healer by Jennifer Marie Brissett

The Words by Clelia Farris (translated by Rachel Cordasco)

Observations of a Small Object in Decaying Orbit by Margaret Dunlap

Butirub by Samit Basu

Learning to Accept What's to Come by Scott Edelman

CLASSIC FICTION

The Satellite Charmer by Mame Bougouma Diene

NONFICTION

The Line Between Science Fiction and Fantasy is Blurring, and I'm Into It by Joy Sanchez-Taylor

How Can You Be? by Jason Sanford

Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise

INTERVIEWS

Interview with Author Renan Bernardo by Marissa van Uden

Interview with Author Margaret Dunlap by Marissa van Uden

Interview with Cover Artist Andrew McIntosh by Bradley Powers