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

EDITORIAL
Editorial by Iori Kusano

ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION
Loving Bone Girl by Tehnuka
Your Wings a Bridge Across the Stars by Michelle Denham
The Flowering of Peace by Murtaza Mohsin
Liwani by Sydney Paige Guerrero
The Matriarchs by Lois Mei-en Kwa
The Toll of the Snake by Grace P. Fong

CLASSIC FICTION
Rhizomatic Diplomacy by Vajra Chandrasekera
The Fish Bowl by Zen Cho

NONFICTION
The Two World Problem by Z Aung
How We "Island" Our Writing: A Deep Dive into Pacific Islander SFF by Manuia Heinrich Sue

INTERVIEWS
Interview with Author Grace P. Fong by Iori Kusano
Interview with Author Murtaza Mohsin by Iori Kusano
Interview with Cover Artist Dee Nguyen by Lesley Conner