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

EDITORIAL
Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner

ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION
And She Had Been So Reasonable by Rachel Bolton
Birds of a Feather by Rachael Severino
What Happens When a Planet Falls From the Sky? by Danny Cherry Jr.
Their Wings as Powdery as Bones by Avra Margariti
Ceasing to Be by Garrett Ashley

FLASH FICTION
Your Return to the Five Ruins of the Bog by Parker M. O'Neill
Let Her Collect Stamps by Juniper White

CLASSIC FICTION
The Boy With the Golden Arm by Danian Darrell Jerry
NPC (or Eight Haxploits to Maximize Your Endgame Farming: A Player's Guide) by Davaun Sanders

NONFICTION
The Tyranny of High Concept by Robert V.S. Redick
Pariahs by Zohair
Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise
Book Review: Kerstin Hall's Asunder by Leah Ning
Book Review: Layla Martinez's Woodworm by Lesley Conner

INTERVIEWS
Interview with Author Avra Margariti by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Author Rachael Severino by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Cover Artist Asya Yordanova by Bradley Powers