Apex Magazine is a digital zine of dark short fiction. TABLE OF CONTENTS ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION "A Monster in the Shape of a Boy" by Hannah Yang "Shevitsa" by Koji A. Dae "Americana!" by Sam Asher The Fruit of the Princess Tree" by Sage Tyrtle "Hoodie" by Tonya Liburd "In the Monster's Mouth" by Tim Waggoner CLASSIC FICTION "Simbiyu and the Nameless" by Eugen Bacon "As the Sun Dies" by Jaym Gates NONFICTION "You in Your Headmeats" by Errick Nunnally "Mysterious Island" by Jeffrey Ford Book Review: Wendy, Darling by AC Wise (reviewed by Marie Croke) Book Review: Inheriting Her Ghosts by SH Cooper (reviewed by Tracy Robinson) INTERVIEWS Interview with Author Hannah Yang by Andrea Johnson Interview with Author Sam Asher by Andrea Johnson Interview with Cover Artist Reza Afshar by Bradley Powers

Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women will inspire and shock you with its multi-faceted look at the history and culture surrounding femininity. If gender is a construct, this anthology is the house it built. Look through its many rooms, some bright and airy, some terrifying- with monsters lurking in the shadows. Mosaics Volume One features twenty self-identified female authors writing about Intersectionality, including women of color, and members of the disability, trans, and GLB/ GSD* (Gender and Sexual Diversities) communities. We have curated amazing short fiction, flash fiction, poetry, essays, and art. It's personal, political, and a great read. This collection includes Hugo Award Nominees, Tiptree Shortlists, Pushcart Prize Winners, USA Today Bestsellers, indie superstars and traditionally published talents alike. The anthology combines leading and new voices all proclaiming their identity as Women, and their ability to Roar. Profits donated to the Pixel Project to end Violence Against Women. Join the conversation: smarturl.it/ MosaicsChat

Enter into the hidden world of the mind, where the laws of nature don't apply and nothing is as it seems.Straight from the minds of 20 UnCommon Authors come tales of tragedy, triumph, and bittersweet gratitude. You'll find augmented realities and mental persuasion that force you to question everything. Stories of military suspense, psychological horror, dream walkers, and psychic mediums await their turn to crawl into your head.Including:Inamorata by J.D. HarpleyChief Canis and the Helpful Locals by Patrick S. BakerThe Arms of Mother by Harlow C. FallonTrouble Signs by Jonathan ShipleyJuliet's Possessions by Erica RuheThrough Dreams She Moves by Tonya LiburdThe Machine Needs Fuel by Joriah WoodSitala by Philip HarrisLEGION Protocol - A d.o.mai.n Tale by Christopher GodsoeThe Dissertation by Sara Thompson11.11 by Tausha JohnsonThe Enemy Beyond the Walls by Daniel Arthur SmithDragons on the Train by Holly HeiseyWhatever Lola Wants by Shebat LegionIn Loving Memory by Ashleigh GauchMixers by CB DroegeLost and Found by Elizabeth WolfBuddy Bolden's Last Stand by Michael FountainSubliminal by Zen DiPietro A Twentieth-Century Death by Joshua Ingle

An anthology for and about the worst (and what will turn out to be the 2nd worst) President of the United States of America. This interesting collection of various works is edited anonymously, with contributors from around the world.