Apex Magazine Issue 144

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 144 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews. EDITORIAL Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION Those Left Behind by Kanishk Tantia At Night She Dreams of Silverfish by Monica Joyce Evans Down the Dust Hatch by Derrick Boden The Clown Watches the Clown by Sara S. Messenger The Art the Owls Can't Swallow by Spencer Nitkey The Jukebox Man by Natalia Theodoridou FLASH FICTION Out of Print by Wen Wen Yang To Rise Again by Kelsea Yu CLASSIC FICTION Abode by Jermane Cooper Wanderlust by LP Kindred NONFICTION The Wonder of the Weird West by Nicole Givens Kurtz Get Bored by Rebecca E. Treasure Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise Book Review: Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera by Leah Ning INTERVIEWS Interview with Author Kanishk Tantia by Marissa van Uden Interview with Author Sara S. Messenger by Marissa van Uden Interview with Cover Artist Tom Edwards by Bradley Powers