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

EDITORIAL
Editorial by Lesley Conner

ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION
The Relationship of Ink to Blood by Alex Langer
Ncheta by Chisom Umeh
Thank Mother for Your Life by Mary G. Thompson
Chupa Sangre by Tre Harris Salas
A World Unto Myself by P.A. Cornell
Lady Koi-Koi: A Book Report by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

FLASH FICTION
Measure Twice, Cut Once by K.R. March
Smoke Fire Wind Sea by Valerie Kemp

CLASSIC FICTION
A Mastery of German by Marian Denise Moore
An Inventory of the Property of the Escaped Suspect, Confiscated at the Time of Her Arrest Following the Incident on Ash Street, with Annotations by Acting Sheriff Helena Fairwind by Tim Pratt

NONFICTION
Words Wielded by Women by Carina Bissett

INTERVIEWS
Interview with Author Alex Langer by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Author Tre Harris Salas by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Artist Robson Michel by Bradley Powers