Apex Magazine is an online digital zine of genre short fiction. FICTION "Armless Maidens of the American West" by Genevieve Valentine "Murdered Sleep" by Kat Howard "Waiting for Beauty" by Marie Brennan "Undercity" by Nir Yaniv NONFICTION "Editorial: Blood on Vellum" by Lynne M. Thomas "Mighty Axes and Beer-Soaked Beards: The Portrayal of Dwarves in Fantasy" by Jim C. Hines "An Interview with Genevieve Valentine" by Maggie Slater