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. EDITORIAL Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL FICTION My Song at the Conclave of Many Sorrows by Daniel A. Oluremi A Rare and Exceptional Delicacy by G.M. Mitchell Orion and His Moon by J.S. Oriel Black Gold by E.M. Kerkman FLASH FICTION What the Crab Apple Tree Near Miranda Spaceport Saw by Elijah J. Mears Denizens of My Face by Emil Morel Changeling by Frey Lylark MO*CON FLASH FICTION WINNERS Moebius Syndrome by Storm Humbert As Ephemeral As Bubbles by Akis Linardos CLASSIC FICTION A Final Song for the Ages by Pedro Iniguez Mother Sun by Amy Nagopaleen EXCERPT We Who Hunt Alexanders by Jason Sanford NONFICTION Haunt Me Then: The Right Stories Will Haunt Until They Get Their Due by Lyndsie Manusos Interning for Apex by Veronica J. Gilchrist and Rebecca E. Treasure REVIEWS Words for Thought (Short Fiction Review) by A.C. Wise Book Review of The Inescapable March by Hana Carolina (Rebecca E. Treasure) INTERVIEWS Author Daniel A. Oluremi (Marissa van Uden) Author J.S. Oriel (Marissa van Uden) Artist Makayla Bounds (Bradley Powers)