7,200 Words Terasadh arrived in the world with a force so abrupt that the resin womb holding her split in two, cracking as she took her first breath and cried out from the shock of being alive. Her…
4,600 Words He slowed for a feathered corpse in the middle of the road. Up above, the local troop of macaques shrieked at a flock of gene-crafted micro-raptors. He rounded the blind curve and jerke…
Listen. This message is being transmitted to every member of your species, and to the individuals of the several other intelligent species, observed and unobserved, that share your world with you. …
I met a man with no shadow today. He crossed into the village limits near dusk, furtive in movements but resolute in expression. He wanted to find the Mamman. He did not understand my descri…
1700 words Where this story begins is not where it ends. The ending is neither a natural conclusion to the events leading up to it, nor a product of necessity. If you see things in the beginning th…
800 words “I have been expecting you,” the man says. He watches the fluid form solidify — teeth first, then hair, wide jigida-clad hips and soft-soft skin gleaming reddish-brown from uli — inside h…
5,300 Words Every winter, Halla rents the Villa Couloir on the banks of the Ruisseau de Rieu Ferré for its quiet, its darkness. Near the arch of the old stone bridge, it has a view of little else —…
8,000 Words :1: Jonie stole one of Daniel’s books. ‘Borrowed’, we might say; but she knew what stealing was, and she knew what she was doing. On the other hand, her mother was always pressing her t…
4,000 Words Author Introduction THE MAGICAL NEGRO—It’s easy to believe that this trope came from a good place or at least rose out of benign neglect. After all, a white writer is “writing what they…
Read Issue 50 — July 2013 FICTION To Die for Moonlight by Sarah Monette Abomination Rises on Filthy Wings by Rachel Swirsky The Constable of Abal by Kelly Link POETRY A Great Clerk of Necroma…
Read Issue 117 — February 2019 FICTION The Crafter at the Web’s Heart by Izzy Wasserstein Necessary and Sufficient Conditions by Wole Talabi Hole in the World (Excerpt) by Brian Keene C…
The Hugo-nominated Apex Magazine (edited by the multi-Hugo Award-winning Lynne M. Thomas) has posted the table of contents for the November 2012 issue (with cover art by Nicoletta Ceccoli): Fiction…
Table of Contents: Apex Magazine #67 (December 2014)
Here’s the table of contents for the new issue of Apex Magazine, a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pr…
Here’s the table of contents for the new issue of Apex Magazine, a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pr…
Apex Magazine (edited by Lynne M. Thomas) has posted the table of contents for the June 2012 issue. Cover art is by Ken Wong. Fiction “Winter Scheming” by Brit Mandelo “In the Dar…
Here’s the table of contents for the new issue of Apex Magazine, a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pr…
Table of Contents: Apex Magazine #55 (December 2013)
The Hugo-nominated 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 rel…
The Hugo-nominated Apex Magazine, a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction edited by the multi-Hugo Award-winning Lynne M. Thomas, has …
Table of Contents: Apex Magazine #57 (February 2014)
The Hugo-nominated 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 rel…
Table of Contents: Apex Magazine #65 (October 2014)
Here’s the table of contents for the new issue of Apex Magazine, a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pr…
Table of Contents: Apex Magazine #64 (September 2014)
Here’s the table of contents for the new issue of Apex Magazine, a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pr…
The Hugo-nominated Apex Magazine, a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction edited by the multi-Hugo Award-winning Lynne M. Thomas, has …
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror (Paula Guran) selection, 2013 2,300 Words There’s an armless maiden in the woods beyond the house. She doesn’t wail or weep the way you’d think a ghost…