Apex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pros of the field. New issues are released on the first Tuesday of every month.

EDITORIAL
Words from the Editor-in-Chief-Jason Sizemore

FICTION
Stars so Sharp They Break the Skin - Matthew Sanborn Smith
Mother Jones and the Nasty Eclipse - Cherie Priest
Cherry Wood Coffin - Eugenia Triantafyllou
Luisah's Church - Nisi Shawl
Fifteen Minutes Hate - Rich Larson
Cold Blue Sky - JE Bates

NONFICTION
Interview with Matthew Sanborn Smith - Andrea Johnson
Interview with Cover Artist Anna Dittmann - Russell Dickerson
How I Learned to Follow My Own Advice and Let It Go - Tobias S. Buckell
Signal Intrusion - Kirk Jones

COLUMNS
Between the Lines with Laura Zats and Erik Hane
Page Advice with Mallory O'Meara and Brea Grant