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

EDITORIAL Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner

ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION Over Moonlit Clouds by Coda Audeguy-Pegon Beautiful Poison in Pastel by Beth Dawkins Unboxing by Lavie Tidhar The State Street Robot Factory by Claire Humphrey After the Twilight Fades by Sara Tantlinger The Words That Make Us Fly by S.L. Harris

FLASH FICTION Every Shade of Healing by Taryn Frazier Reproduction on the Beach by Rich Larson

CLASSIC FICTION Destiny Delayed by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki They Could Have Been Yours by Joy Baglio

NONFICTION Traveling Beyond Europe's Walls by Paul Weimer Write Me a Story Without Words by Emmy Jackson Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise

INTERVIEWS Interview with Author Coda Audeguy-Pegon by Marissa van Uden Interview with Author S.L. Harris by Marissa van Uden Interview with Cover Artist Lenka Šimecková by Bradley Powers