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.

Issue 132 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL
What Say You by Jason Sizemore

ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION
Have Mercy, My Love, While We Wait for the Thaw by Iori Kusano
Creatures of the Dark Oasis by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
A Country of Eternal Light by Jennifer R. Donohue
Schlafstunde by Lavie Tidhar
Your Space Between by Marie Croke
Notes to a Version of Myself, Hidden in Symphonie fantastique Scores Throughout the Multiverse by Aimee Picchi

CLASSIC FICTION
Sky Boys by Kameron Hurley
Chorus of Whispers by Sarah Hans

NONFICTION
Optics by Kwame Mbalia
Stabilized Love Triangles: Tips on Writing OT3s From a Real Polyamorist by Michelle P. Browne
Book Review: And What We Can Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed (Marissa van Uden)
Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise

INTERVIEWS
Interview with Author Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam by Andrea Johnson
Interview with Author Aimee Picchi by Marissa van Uden
Interview with Cover Artist Galactic Nikita by Bradley Powers