Apex Magazine Issue 80

EDITORIAL Words from the Editor-in-Chief by Jason Sizemore FICTION "The Tomato Thief" by Ursula Vernon "That Lucky Old Sun" by Carrie Cuinn "Riding Atlas" by Ferrett Steinmetz "The Open-Hearted" by Lettie Prell "Soursop" by Chikodili Emelumadu "Bones of the World" by Jennifer Hykes "Razorback" by Ursula Vernon Paper Tigers Excerpt by Damien Angelica Walters "Kutraya's Skies" by Dave Creek PODCAST FICTION "The Open-Hearted" by Lettie Prell, narrated by Lisa Shininger POETRY "RX-200 Series: It's Everything You Need" by Samson Stormcrow Hayes "The Upside of the Cataclysmic Meteorite Event" by Zebulon Huset "The Doctor's Assistant" by Anton Rose "In the Far Future, Billy Experiences the Most Powerful Drug Known to Man" by Greg Leunig "Automaton" by Bianca Spriggs "Maxwell's Demon" by Annie Neugebauer "Various Kinds of Wolves" by J.J. Hunter NONFICTION "An Exploration of Racism in Heart of Darkness" by Lucy A. Snyder Interview with Author Lettie Prell by Andrea Johnson Interview with Author Chikodili Emelumadu by Andrea Johnson Interview with Author Ursula Vernon by Andrea Johnson Interview with Artist Matt Davis by Russell Dickerson Cover art by Matt Davis.