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Apex Magazine Issue 140

By Jason Sizemore & Lesley Conner
Apex Magazine Issue 140 by Jason Sizemore & Lesley Conner digital book - Fable

Publisher Description

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

EDITORIAL
Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner

ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION
Whisper Songs by Lyndsie Manusos
Quietus by Zohair
Life Wager by Lucy Zhang
Kɛrozin Lamp Kurfi by Victor Forna
Junebug by Sarah Hollowell
Spitting Image by Rich Larson

FLASH FICTION
Brainpink Umber by Chelsea Sutton
From This Beating Heart, From This Shattered Mind by Elisabeth Ring

CLASSIC FICTION
Memories of the Old Sun by Eugen Bacon
Through Dreams She Moves by Tonya Liburd

NONFICTION
Experiences: On Not Being Creative Enough to Be Creative by Dana Cameron
The Spanish Scene by Mariano Villarreal

INTERVIEWS
Interview with Author Lyndsie Manusos by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Author Victor Forna by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Cover Artist Aaron Nakahara by Bradley Powers

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